Three hospitals burdened with Covid patients

PESHAWAR:

Three major hospitals of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have been overburdened with coronavirus patients, a source in the provincial health department confirmed on Monday.

However, 88 beds designated for Covid patients at Lady Reading Hospital, Khyber Teaching Hospital and Hayatabad Medical Complex remain vacant.

798 beds were allotted by the hospital administration for patients suffering with the prevailing virus out of which 681 are currently occupied. 66 patients have been placed on ventilators in the three largest hospitals of the province.

According to the LRH spokesperson, 424 Covid patients are currently being treated there while 33 patients are admitted in the intensive care unit.

KTH spokesperson said 101 coronavirus patients are occupying beds out of the 106 designated for them.

Out of 178 beds allotted for corona in HMC, 156 are currently occupied. The hospital continues to provide treatment to 38 patients on ventilators.

The K-P Health Department reported 584 new coronavirus cases throughout the province over the last 24 hours.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 27^th, 2021.