In bid to save oxygen, Islamabad s public hospitals halt scheduled surgeries
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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.
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Pakistan s medical facilities crumbling under rising COVID-19 cases
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Last Updated: Apr 25, 2021, 09:11 AM IST
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According to Islamabad District Health Officer Zaeem Zia, Islamabad s coronavirus positivity ratio has risen to 9 per cent as of Saturday, while recording 463 new cases. Zia also said that the rise in infections has been steady for the past three to four weeks, reported Geo News.
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Pakistan s medical facilities are crumbling under the mounting pressure from the rapidly escalating COVID-19 situation in the country. According to Islamabad District Health Officer Zaeem Zia, Islamabad s coronavirus positivity ratio has risen to 9 per cent as of Saturday, while recording 463 new cases. Zia also said that the rise in infections has been steady for the past three to four weeks, reported Geo News.
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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.