LARKANA:Ten Covid-19 patients expired in Chandka Medical College Hospital’s ICU and HDU during the April month, said the chief of the hospital.
This was revealed by the Medical Superintendent, Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) while briefing the participants of meeting held at Commissioner’s office on Monday which was presided over by Commissioner Shafique Ahmed Mahesar.
District Health Officer informed the meeting that 11851 samples of COVID-19 suspected people were obtained since April to date out of which 417 persons tested positive, hence, the positive ratio is 4% in Larkana district.
Mahesar instructed the participating health department officials to ensure availability of oxygen in Intensive Care Unit (ICU and High Dependency Unit (HDU) and take proper care of the affected patients. He further directed that consultants must visit the patients on daily and regular basis and it must also be ensured that round the clock PCR facility was available at the CMCH.
Mahesar said that three more coronavirus vaccination centres be established in Larkana out of which one should be exclusively for women adding proper reliable data must also be made prepared. The commissioner said that lockdown should only be imposed on those areas where ratio of positive cases was higher and SOPs must be implemented.
Vice Chancellor, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) Prof Dr. Aneela Atta-ur-Rahman, Deputy Commissioner Tarique Manzoor Chandio and other relevant officers attended the meeting.
Meanwhile, assistant commissioner Ahmed Ali Soomro accompanied by Anti-Encroachment Force sealed five shops and ordered arrest of five more shopkeepers for violating SOPs issued by the government during his visit to Pakistan Chowk, Resham Gali, Shahi Bazaar and other areas.