HARIPUR: A former senior parliamentarian and federal minister Gohar Ayub Khan passed away in Islamabad, family sources confirmed here on Friday evening. He was 86 and left behind two sons and two.
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Covid’s deadly rampage among medics continues
Dr Ali Akber was laid down to rest at his ancestral graveyard
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PESHAWAR:
Covid-19 has rapidly been claiming the lives of medics across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) as another doctor succumbed to it on Friday, pushing up the total number to 66.
Over all around 102 health workers including doctors have lost their lives so far despite the fact that doctors are constantly demanding proper protective gears for the medics and all hospital staff from the government but without any success.
On Friday, a senior Medical Officer Ali Akbar breathed his last in Kulsoom International Hospital, Islamabad. He had been admitted to the Corona Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the past two weeks at the hospital and died on Friday. He worked at District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) Matta and was rushed to the hospital when his condition deteriorated rapidly two weeks ago.
As many as 9,000 healthcare workers in the federal capital have registered themselves for vaccination. Photo by Rabia Bugti/File
ISLAMABAD: With the government deciding to purchase 1.1 million doses and the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) having started making preparations to administer Covid-19 vaccine to frontline workers, as many as 9,000 healthcare workers in the federal capital have registered themselves for vaccination.
On the other hand, Islamabad reported 150 new patients and three deaths on Sunday.
According to an official, who attends meetings of the NCOC but is not authorised to speak on record, said 9,000 healthcare workers had registered themselves for vaccination.