NDMA to provide 525 beds to Sindh hospitals

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will be providing 525 beds as well as ventilators to different hospitals in Sindh, announced NDMA chairperson Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal on Monday.

While visiting various hospitals in Karachi, Lt Gen Afzal revealed that the NDMA would provide 525 beds to six hospitals in Sindh, including Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) and Sindh Government Qatar Hospital. He further disclosed that ASH in particular would receive 125 beds, 18 ventilators and 29 BiPap ventilators.

He also met Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and discussed strategies to control the spread of Covid-19 in the province as well as combat the locust swarms.

According to Lt Gen Afzal, the National Locust Control Centre had played an effective role in dealing with the pests. He added that insects have been eliminated in Punjab while efforts to eliminate them are being taken in Sindh.

Ismail appreciated the NDMA for its efforts to control of the spread of coronavirus and locusts in the province.