In bid to save oxygen, Islamabad s public hospitals halt scheduled surgeries
Pakistan
Medics treating people at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in Karachi. JPMC/File
In a bid to save oxygen supplies for coronavirus patients, major public hospitals in Islamabad have suspended previously scheduled routine surgeries.
The country has more than 5,000 coronavirus patients on critical care, with the country reporting the highest number of deaths in a single day, since the pandemic began, a few days ago.
To cope with any untoward situation related to the supply of oxygen for COVID-19 patients, all previously scheduled surgeries have been halted at the CDA Hospital, the National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Government Services Hospital, the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, and the Polyclinic.
PIMS forced to halt vaccination process after IT system crashes
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
A computer screen at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) shows that the hospital s online system has gone down on April 27, 2021. Photo by author
PIMS IT system crashes.
IT system is expected to be restored by 5 pm, says PIMS vaccine focal person.
ISLAMABAD: The IT system of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) crashed on Tuesday forcing the hospital to put off its vaccination process, Geo News reported.
The suspension of the vaccination process troubled people who had arrived at PIMS and had been waiting in line to get the coronavirus vaccine jab. Several elderly people were asked by the hospital s management to go back without being inoculated.
IT system crash forces PIMS to stop vaccination
Pakistan
Tue, Apr 27, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) halted its coronavirus vaccination process on Tuesday after its IT system crashed, according to a report on Geo News.
The suspension of the vaccination process troubled people who had arrived at PIMS and had been waiting in line to get the coronavirus vaccine jab. Several elderly people were asked by the hospital s management to go back without being inoculated.
Reacting to the development, the hospital administration said the IT system had crashed due to the closure of the NTC server, adding that without the IT system, it wasn t possible to vaccinate people.
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