Sources said Lt Cdr Majid Ismail Chandio, a 30-year-old surgeon residing in DHA, was admitted to the PNS Shifa Hospital a few days back where he died on Sunday. Reuters/File
KARACHI: A neurosurgeon and a child are the latest victims of Naegleria fowleri a rare but deadly water-borne amoeba that thrives in freshwater sources, reservoirs including poorly chlorinated water networks.
Sources said Lt Cdr Majid Ismail Chandio, a 30-year-old surgeon residing in DHA, was admitted to the PNS Shifa Hospital a few days back where he died on Sunday.
Eight-year-old Zohaib died at the Liaquat National Hospital on July 9.
Sources said Lt Cdr Majid Ismail Chandio, a 30-year-old surgeon residing in DHA, was admitted to the PNS Shifa Hospital a few days back where he died on Sunday. Reuters/File
KARACHI: A neurosurgeon and a child are the latest victims of Naegleria fowleri a rare but deadly water-borne amoeba that thrives in freshwater sources, reservoirs including poorly chlorinated water networks.
Sources said Lt Cdr Majid Ismail Chandio, a 30-year-old surgeon residing in DHA, was admitted to the PNS Shifa Hospital a few days back where he died on Sunday.
Eight-year-old Zohaib died at the Liaquat National Hospital on July 9.
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Firdous Shamim Naqvi writes to CM to inquire about actions under PM’s Karachi Transformation Package
Karachi
January 28, 2021
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s senior leader and MPA Firdous Shamim Naqvi on Wednesday wrote a letter to Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to inquire about actions under the Karachi Transformation Package (KTP).
In September last year, Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled a financial package worth Rs1.1 trillion for transforming Karachi s into a developed city by addressing the chronic municipal and infrastructural issues of the country s financial hub.
“lt has been more than four months since the KTP was announced. Would be obliged if you could inform us in writing on the progress made to date,” Naqvi asked the CM. He sought information about the projects under the KTP, their period of completion and complete schedule, executing agency, start date, availability of funds, and monitoring bodies of civil society.