297,676 corona patients recover in Punjab

LAHORE: The Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department (SHC&MED), Punjab, has informed that around 297,676 corona patients recovered in the public sector hospitals being run under the control of SHC&MED and Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department, while 636 patients are recovered during the last 24 hours.

In a statement issued here Monday, SHC&MED Secretary Barrister Nabeel Ahmed Awan said that 7,583 beds were reserved in all government hospitals for corona patients, out of which 6,293 beds were unoccupied. Likewise, 1,640 beds reserved in government hospitals of the provincial metropolis and 1,265 beds were vacant so far. The department had arranged 3,344 beds in Isolation wards of hospitals in the province, out of which, 2,963 beds were vacant.

However, 429 beds for corona patients were reserved in isolation wards set up in government hospitals of Lahore and 376 beds are unoccupied. In addition, 3,454 beds are also reserved in HDU in all the hospitals of Punjab government and 2,770 beds are vacant while, in hospitals of Lahore, 927 beds reserved in HDU and 702 beds are unoccupied, Nabeel Awan added.

The Secretary SHC&MED said the health department had arranged 790 ventilators for corona patients in all hospitals of the provincial government, of which 230 ventilators were under use while 560 were unoccupied. Around 284 ventilators are reserved in Lahore hospitals, of which 97 are occupied and 187 ventilators are vacant, said Nabeel Awan.