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April 22, 2021
MULTAN: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) president Prof Dr Masood Haraj Wednesday said Nishtar Hospital, Multan, was in immediate need of medicines, equipment, doctors and paramedical staff for coronavirus patients.
Addressing a joint press conference at Multan Press Club, Dr Haraj said at Nishtar Hospital even antiviral injections were not available for the treatment of coronavirus patients and medicines for genera patients were also in severe short supply.
He said the most basic components that are used in the treatment of coronavirus patients were not available at Nishtar Hospital. He said Punjab was currently suffering from the third wave of coronavirus and COVID-19 patients were increasing rapidly.
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Multan reports one more corona death, 29 new cases
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MULTAN: Another corona patient died at the Nishtar Hospital here on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Muhammad Ali Yasir of Multan. A spokesperson for the hospital said that 72 corona patients were under treatment at the hospital, including 24 positive, 16 suspects and 32 negative. As many as 718 corona tests were conducted at public and private hospitals in Multan division during the last 24 hours while 29 patients tested corona positive, the health authorities said.
Doctors stage demo: Activists of Pakistan Medical Association on Saturday staged a demonstration and observed a sit-in outside the Health Secretariat Chief Executive Office here.