Another doctor dies of corona in KP
Peshawar
December 13, 2020
PESHAWAR: The coronavirus on Saturday claimed the life of another doctor in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the toll of doctors who have died of the infectious disease to 28 in the province.
The latest victim was a noted female pathologist, Prof Zaibun Nisa.
She had been suffering from the viral infection for the last few days and was admitted to the Northwest General Hospital in Peshawar, where she died.
Prof Zaibun Nisa had retired as head of pathology department of the Khyber Medical College (KMC) Peshawar and later joined the Kabir Medical College Peshawar as chairperson of its pathology section.
Coronavirus claims another medic’s life
Professor Zaibun Nisa, the head of the pathology department at the Kabir Medical College in Peshawar died of Covid
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PESHAWAR:
The novel coronavirus pandemic has claimed another medical professional in the province, raising the toll of doctors and paramedics succumbing to the virus to 45.
Professor Zaibun Nisa, the head of the pathology department at the Kabir Medical College in Peshawar died of the novel coronavirus (Covid) on Saturday.
Officials of the Provincial Doctors Association (PDA), in a statement on Saturday, said that the former head of pathology at the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), had been admitted to a private hospital almost a week ago after becoming infected with the virus.
Ag APP
ISLAMABAD: Punjab province saw the majority of single-day coronavirus deaths on Saturday more than half of the total 71 fatalities as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s doctors’ association lamented frontline workers have yet to see the government’s promised martyrs’ package after another doctor fell to the virus.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), in a 24-hour period, out of the 71 fatalities, 66 of the victims were hospitalised, 50 of whom died on ventilators. Of the single-day deaths, Punjab leads with 36, followed by Sindh’s 23, Khyber Pakthunkhwa’s five, Islamabad’s five and Azad Jammu and Kashmir two. With the recent deaths, Pakistan’s death toll now stands at 8,724.