Karachi:Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has said that doctors fighting against coronavirus are front line soldiers. They must be protected all over Pakistan on priority basis because they and their families are at risk.

Dr Qaisar Sajjad Secretary General Pakistan Medical Association (Centre) in a statement said many doctors have been found positive with coronavirus. He said one of the recent examples is ENT Professor Dr. Muhammad Javed of Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar, who has been tested positive for coronavirus and shifted to ICU. He is on ventilator and fighting for his life. Two of our doctors have died so far while fighting on the front lines, Dr. Usama Riaz, and Dr. Abdul Qadir Soomro, he said.

Dr Sajjad said unfortunately no compensation has been announced yet for the aggrieved families of the deceased doctors. We demand from the Federal Government and the concerned provincial governments to announce not only a compensation amount for the families but there should also be a regular monthly support amount for the education, health and utilities for the families of the deceased doctors urgently.