Eight major hospitals of KP witness 83% increase in oxygen consumption
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Representational image of a coronavirus ward. Photo: File
Owing to the rising number of coronavirus cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the consumption of oxygen in eight major hospitals of the province has increased by 83% over the last one-and-a-half week.
The consumption of oxygen across all eight major hospitals has increased from 40,000 litres to 72,500 litres.
The daily oxygen requirement at Peshawar s Lady Reading Hospital has increased by 66%, while the oxygen consumption at Khyber Teaching Hospital has increased from 6,000 litres to 7,500 litres.
Oxygen consumption in Mardan Medical Complex has increased by 23% in the last 12 days. Similarly, the consumption of oxygen in Ayub Teaching Hospital in Abbottabad increased by 66%, while it increased by 89% in Bannu s Khalifa Gulnawaz Teaching Hospital.
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So far, 91 health workers including doctors, nurses and paramedics have died of Covid-19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Reuters/File
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lost 35 persons including a senior doctor to Covid-19 on Thursday as the third wave continued to kill doctors and other health workers faster than it did during the first two waves of the pandemic.
So far, 91 health workers including doctors, nurses and paramedics have died of Covid-19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Meanwhile, the province’s death toll from the virus climbed to 2,796 and cases to 103,419 with 1,129 more infections detected during the last 24 hours, said a report prepared by health department.
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April 16, 2021
PESHAWAR: Another doctor died of coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, raising the toll of doctors from the viral infection to 58 in the province.
Dr Mohammad Iqbal became the latest victim of the fast-spreading virus. He was in-charge of Type D Hospital in Lundkhawar of Takht Bhai subdivision in rural Mardan, where he believed to have contracted the virus.
After tested positive for the viral infection, he developed some complications and was taken to the Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC). He was then shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and was put on a ventilator but could not survive.
36 including doctor die of Covid-19 in KP thenews.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenews.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.