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Pakistan’s nurses playing vital role on the frontlines despite shortage of healthcare professionals
Pakistan
Tue, May 11, 2021
(L to R) Health Minister Sindh Dr Azra Pechuho, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan speaking via video link during a seminar at Aga Khan University held to celebrate the International Day of Nurses and Midwives in Karachi on May 11, 2021. AKU
KARACHI: Policymakers and academics said Tuesday Pakistan’s nurses and midwives were playing a vital role on the frontlines of the third wave of coronavirus despite the ongoing shortage of healthcare professionals in the country.
On Tuesday Pakistan recorded more than 200 Covid deaths in a day for the first time since the start of the pandemic, taking the country’s overall death toll from the virus to 17,530, according to the National Command Operation Centre (NCOC).
As a “double mutant” Covid variant saw India surpass 200,000 deaths yesterday, Pakistani officials have said “healthcare facilities are at risk of being overwhelmed” with “ventilators and oxygen in short supply”, Karachi-based newspaper Dawn reports.
‘Ticking timebomb’
Pakistan shares a 2,000-mile border with India, which is currently facing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, making up almost half of the world’s new Covid infections over the past seven days.
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If the need arises, Pakistan will import oxygen from China or Iran: Fawad Chaudhry
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Fawad Chaudhry says Pakistan facing an oxygen crisis, but still no need to panic.
Says govt will import oxygen from China and Iran and seek help from the industrial sector if the need arises.
Says the govt is currently more concerned with how to reduce the number of infections on a week-to-week basis.
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said Tuesday Pakistan will import oxygen from Iran and China if the country s coronavirus situation worsens.
The minister was addressing a press conference where he was speaking about the coronavirus situation in the country.