QUETTA: Amid criticism confronted by Balochistan authorities over the dealing with of coronavirus within the province, former provincial minister Rehmat Saleh Baloch censured the provincial authorities over provision of inadequate funds to district well being administrations which prevented them from performing duties.
“Purchasing of life saving equipment and provision of medical facilities are the responsibilities of the provincial health department but the government relies on the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) to provide the facilities,” stated Baloch in a press launch issued on Friday.
Baloch, who can be chief of Nationwide Social gathering (NP), criticised insurance policies of the federal government designed to cope with the lethal contagion. Emphasising on the necessity for improved well being amenities, the previous minister stated, “The government should utilise expertise of qualified health professionals and medics in order to stem the rapidly spreading virus in the province.”
Referring to the opposite provinces and the remainder of the world, the NP chief burdened on using the companies of senior medics and well being professionals on the frontline.
Because the lethal contagion proliferates, the previous minister referred to as for provision of protecting gear to the medics and nursing employees by the provincial authorities.
Though the provincial authorities had introduced full closure of borders with Iran and Afghanistan, the previous minister claimed that Makran, a bordering space with Iran, was nonetheless operational resulting in the outbreak of coronavirus in Balochistan.
“The government should ensure availability of medical equipment and establishment of isolation wards and quarantine centres in the border area in case the virus spreads further,” he added.
Revealed in The Specific Tribune, March 28th, 2020.
