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Islamabad hospitals face low oxygen pressure as COVID-19 cases rise ANI | Updated: Apr 23, 2021 14:46 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Crisis looms large over major hospitals in Pakistan as they approach saturation due to rising COVID-19cases.
The situation in Islamabad seems to be particularly precarious as the largest medical facility here, the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), is struggling with low oxygen pressure amidst a tidal wave of COVID-19 patients, Geo reported.
Pakistan is reeling under the third wave of coronavirus. The country has reported new 144 fatalities due to coronavirus, raising the total death tally to 16,842 on Friday. So far, 784,108 cases have been reported in Pakistan.
Oxygen supply crisis looms large at Islamabad s PIMS as COVID-19 cases surge
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A view of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD: With the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic growing unchecked in Pakistan, major hospitals are faced with a looming crisis as they approach saturation.
The situation in the federal capital, Islamabad, seems to be particularly precarious as the largest medical facility here, the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), is struggling with low oxygen pressure amidst a tidal wave of COVID-19 patients.
A critical situation was reported at PIMS on April 18, when ventilators reserved for coronavirus patients started sounding alarms.
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