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The meeting was attended by Member Provincial Assembly Zahir Shah Toro, Secretary Communications and Construction Department and other concerned officers.
Covid continues to take heavy toll on medics
65th doctor falls prey to deadly contagion which claims another 43 lives in K-P
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PESHAWAR:
The number of health workers killed in the pandemic has reached 101 in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) province as yet another doctor became the casualty on Tuesday.
Dr Noor Islam was the former Medical Officer (MO) District Headquarters Hospital Mardan and he succumbed to Covid-19 in the hospital.
He was admitted to the Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) 18 days ago when his condition deteriorated and he had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
He also served as Medico legal officer. His death has pushed up the total number of doctors killed so far in the pandemic to 65. In total around 101 frontline health workers have lost their lives including 65 doctors, 16 paramedics, seven nurses and 13 others workers including drivers, technicians and ward attendants etc.
MARDAN: The lockdown has started yielding positive results by bringing down the rate of infections from 48 percent to 14 percent.According to a press release, Dr Hamid Khan, who is overseeing.