Positivity ratio in Hyderabad remained between 24pc and 19pc between April 24 and 30 and doctors attribute it to the UK variant. Online/File
HYDERABAD: Increase in Covid-19 patients after detection of UK variant of coronavirus in Hyderabad, which is more contagious and spreads faster, has put strain on resources and service delivery of Liaquat University Hospital (LUH), which already remains overburdened with arrival of patients from other districts.
The UK variant is contagious and spreads fast, hence the increase in number of patients in Hyderabad,” said Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) vice chancellor Prof Dr Bikha Ram on Monday.
The state of affairs at LUH’s high dependency unit (HDU) and intensive care unit (ICU) remains the same. Online/File
HYDERABAD: As the city yet again becomes a hotspot for coronavirus exactly after a year since outbreak of the pandemic with positivity ratio fluctuating between 23 and 24 per cent over the past one week, nothing has changed for Covid-19 patients in Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) Hyderabad the only tertiary healthcare facility in lower Sindh other than Karachi as far as quality of care is concerned.
The state of affairs at LUH’s high dependency unit (HDU) and intensive care unit (ICU) remains the same, struggling to cope with increasing number of Covid-19 patients with insufficient number of technicians and trained nurses since last year.
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SHC seeks progress report in minor’s rape case
Police directed to coordinate with other provinces for missing persons’ recovery
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court sought a progress report from Dadu Police on Monday pertaining to a minor s rape case and subsequent discharge from Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad.
The Dadu deputy commissioner, SSP and medical superintendent of Dadu Civil Hospital appeared before the court.
During the hearing, the police briefed the court on the investigation thus far.
The court was informed that the prime suspect, Ayaz Panhwar, has been arrested and had recorded his confessional statement before a judicial magistrate in Dadu. The clothes and blood samples of the vicitm and the accused had been sent to the lab at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, for DNA testing, the police said.
Karachi
February 3, 2021
The Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine’s first consignment containing 83,000 doses arrived at the Karachi airport on Tuesday evening.
The consignment was received by Sindh health secretary Kazim Jatoi, Project Director Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) Dr Akram Sultan and other officials at the airport, from where it was shifted to the EPI storage centre in the city.
“We have received the first consignment of the Sinopharm vaccine from Islamabad, which arrived here in Karachi on Tuesday evening through a commercial flight. It comprises 83,000 doses, and from Wednesday, the vaccination of frontline healthcare workers will commence at a ceremony,” an official of the health department told The News.