Tariq Saeed
Peshawar
With the addition of over two hundred new cases of COVID -19 in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the last 24 hours, the tally of people tested positive for deadly Corona Virus in the province has crossed 3700 while number of people who succumbed to the pandemic till date is touching 200 figures, highest among all the provinces of the country, as around a dozen more deaths were reported in twenty four hours.
Briefing media in Peshawar on Wednesday the Advisor to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Information and Public Relations Ajmal Khan Wazir said that the KP government was fighting on two different fronts including Corona virus and poverty. He informed that although Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government could also forward its recommendations but the decisions taken by the Prime Minister Imran Khan in National Coordination Committee (NCC) meeting will be implemented. The advisor informed some 60000 people arrived in KP during last six months including people from Iran, Afghanistan and Gulf countries adding people were traced and checked for covid-19 besides those arriving recently were quarantined.
In the meanwhile the while paying rich tribute to the role and services of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar in responding to any emergency situation including the corona pandemic, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan said that the role of the Tertiary Care Hospital in providing better health care services and treatment facilities to the people of the province has been remarkable. He has assured all out support of the provincial government to the hospital to provide better treatment facilities to the corona patients and has directed the concerned high ups to take all the necessary steps to this effect on priority basis.
Talking to the hospital Management during his visit to the hospital to review arrangements put in place therein for corona patients, Chief Minister also directed the health department to provide PCR machine to the hospital for the establishment of Corona testing laboratory. The Chief Minister remarked that all out support would be extended to Lady Reading Hospital as well as other Teaching Hospitals of the province to strengthen and enable them effectively deal with Corona cases adding that if required developmental funds will also be utilized for the people.
On the demand of the hospital management, the Chief Minister directed Secretary Health and other relevant quarters to arrange a suitable accommodation setup for the temporary accommodation of frontline health workers of the hospital.
