Staff Reporter
A training session for healthcare professionals about the real-time response to health emergencies and patients with underlying conditions of COVID-19 patients was held at PKLI&RC on Tuesday. More than 150 participants including doctors, nurses and other paramedical staff from different hospitals including (Mayo, Services, Ganga Ram, Lahore Children Hospital) respectively were briefed about the disease clinical features.
Prof. Dr. Javed Raza Gardezi – Chairman and BoG member, PKLI&RC inaugurated the proceedings of address by welcoming the audience in the hospital. He highlighted the significant role to be played by the healthcare professionals in facing the challenges of the disease.
Prof. Dr. Hafiz Ijaz Ahmad – Dean PKLI&RC introduced the purpose of training course to the participants.
He highlighted that the comprehensive training session will strengthen the real-time response to health emergencies and patients with underlying conditions.
Prof. Dr. Saqib Saeed – Head of Pulmonology King Edward Medical Universities shed light on the clinical features of patients with confirmed COVID-19 based on recent epidemiologic data. Similarly, Dr. Asif Hanif – Assistant Professor King Edward Medical University briefed participants on the collection of various diagnostic samples and the appropriate way of handling them in the laboratory.
He also discussed that healthcare personnel can protect themselves when caring for patients by adhering to infection prevention and control practices, which includes the appropriate use of personal protective equipment.
Participants applauded the hospital’s role for introducing a diverse platform while the PKLI’s management expressed its resolve to continue to conduct such awareness sessions to keep strengthening the healthcare delivery in Pakistan.
