Staff Reporter
The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination has started upgrading Isolation Hospital and Infectious Treatment Centre Islamabad with addition of 150 beds, enhancing other facilities.
According to ministry spokesman, this 250 bed purpose-built facility for infectious diseases has been serving Covid-19 patients since its inauguration by the Prime Minister Imran Khan in July, 2020.
He added the Ministry of National Health Services took over the facility from January 1st, 2021.
Initially only 35 beds were functional with a limited number of medical, paramedical and support staff.
In view of the third wave of Covid-19, with unparalleled support from the ministry, IHITC management was able to ramp up the bed capacity to 105 beds.
He said that IHITC now has 52 doctors and a paramedical staff of 86 while 84 patients are currently being treated at IHITC.
The facility now has a total of 55 ventilators, 100 BiPAPs, 250 syringe pumps, 19 infusion pumps, 92 cardiac monitors, 25 portable oxygen cylinders, one ultrasound machine and eight mobile X-Rays units.
