PHC special inspections: Three private hospitals ready to treat patients

LAHORE: After special inspections of the Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC), three private hospitals are fully prepared to treat Covid-19 patients.

Isolation wards, high dependency units and intensive care units have been prepared in the Doctors Hospital, Gurki Hospital and Bahria Hospital for affording patients. Besides ensuring availability of ventilators, these healthcare establishments have readied 73 beds for treating Covid-19 patients. According to a spokesperson for PHC, the Commission is continuing with its special inspections, and providing guidance to the private hospitals for making arrangements for the treatment of coronavirus patients. “The PHC has so far completed the processes for 49 hospitals,” he added.