Mansehra hospital not equipped to deal with corona cases

MANSEHRA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior vice-president Sardar Muhammad Yousuf on Friday said that King Abdullah Teaching Hospital was not properly equipped to deal with the growing Covid-19 cases in the district. “Mansehra stands atop for influx of Covid-19 patients among eight districts of Hazara division. And four patients have died but even then the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has failed to quip the only tertiary healthcare facility here,” Yousuf told reporters here. He said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government should immediately install central oxygen system to discard cylinders and an incinerator to properly dispose of Covid-19 patients’ waste. “As almost half of the Covid-19 cases and 80 percent deaths so far reported across Hazara are from Mansehra, this is why the government should establish a corona testing laboratory here without any further delay,” said Yousuf. He said such a lab would benefit people of Battagram, Torghar, Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan and Kolai-Palas districts. Meanwhile, the police have booked 55 people over violation of lockdown in various police stations in a couple of days. “The police have been taking all possible measures to ensure people don’t violate lockdown and in order to achieve desired results as many as 55 people are booked under section 188 of PPC in the district,” Sadiq Baloch, the district police officer, told reporters on Friday. He said that police was adopting a multipronged strategy in its policing system to also ensure law and order in the district.