LARKANA: A senior doctor of Sukkur, who contracted coronavirus from his patients, died at a Karachi hospital on Monday while 10 Covid-19 patients succumbed to the deadly virus during April at Chandka Medical College Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) and high dependency unit (HDU).
CMCH medical superintendent informed participants in a meeting at commissioner’s office about the deaths from the virus. Samples of 11,851 suspected patients had been obtained since April to date out of whom 417 tested positive for the virus, putting positivity ratio in Larkana district at four per cent, said district health officer.
Commissioner Shafique Ahmed Mahesar instructed health officials to ensure availability of oxygen in ICU and HDU and take proper care of the patients. Consultants must visit the patients on a regular basis and PCR facility must be made available at the CMCH round the clock, he said.