Staff Reporter
Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal has said that hospitals are being upgraded across the country to facilitate the Covid-19 patients.
He expressed these views while addressing the USAID ventilators handing over ceremony in Islamabad on Thursday.
Lt. Gen. Muhammad Afzal said efforts are being made to facilitate the corona patients as they need special attention.
He said additional ventilators and beds were installed in the hospitals across the country.
The Chairman said NDMA is acquiring all necessary equipment to deal with the pandemic.
In partnership, Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority and the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), are working together to fight Covid-19 by contributing a second shipment of 100 respiratory ventilators.
According to a press release of the American Embassy, the ventilators arrived here on July 28 and will be deployed in hospitals across Pakistan.
The arrival of these ventilators delivers on President Donald Trump’s promise to Prime Minister Imran Khan to stand with the people of Pakistan and bring additional critically needed supplies and support to Pakistan’s urgent response to the pandemic.
The first 100 ventilators arrived on July 3 and have already been delivered to hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout Pakistan.
“The United States is a proud partner with the Government of Pakistan to help stem the tide of this deadly pandemic and these ventilators will help with that fight,” said Ambassador Paul W. Jones.
The ventilators can also be used to provide non-invasive respiratory therapy for patients before they become critically ill and help avoid the need for more extreme care.
In addition, these ventilators can help treat a number of other respiratory ailments outside of the Covid-19 virus, including pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
