Staff Reporter
Urging citizens to adopt precautionary measures against the coronavirus, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho has highlighted the decreasing capacity of high dependency units (HDUs) and the lack of available beds and ventilators in the province’s hospitals as the virus tally continues to surge.
In a video statement, the minister said that while the government was making efforts to increase the capacity of health facilities and enhance hospitals’ functionality, the number of patients requiring ventilators was rising steeply and hospitals in Karachi were fast running out of beds and ventilators. This was despite an entire block being reserved for HDUs and intensive care units at Lyari Trauma Centre, besides an entire block at Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital being used for the same purpose.
