ISLAMABAD – Strict lockdown scenario in components of town on Thursday created issues for medical employees deployed in isolation ward of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) as they failed in reaching the hospital.
In the meantime, plenty of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) instances within the federal capital surged to 25 together with over a dozen native transmission instances reported from BharaKahu.
PIMS senior official speaking to The Nation stated that the medical professionals of PIMS from BaraKahu locality and residing in non-public hostels in several areas had been going through difficulties in reaching hospital.
“The PIMS registrar deployed in isolation ward failed in reaching the hospital due to movement restrictions in BaraKahu area,” stated the official.
Officers additionally stated that plenty of medical professionals residing in non-public hostels and serving in hospitalare additionally going through issues in residing and reaching hospital.
“The district administration has decided to close the private hostels and all medical professionals of PIMS do not have government or personal residents,” they stated.
Because the variety of COVID-19 sufferers is rising, hospital can not afford scarcity of medical and official employees.
Updating concerning the scenario of COVID-19 sufferers admitted at PIMS, the officers stated that the tally has reached 25 and two sufferers are nonetheless on ventilators.
“Their health condition is stable,” they stated.
Officers additionally stated that over a dozen confirmed instances of COVID-19 shifted from BaraKahu had been results of native transmission and probably the quantity will enhance. Officers additionally stated that majority of confirmed instances had been quarantined of their houses.
Based on the Nationwide Institute of Well being (NIH) Every day Scenario Report (DSR), eight sufferers had been admitted in PIMS whereas relaxation had been quarantined at their houses.
The DSR additionally stated that hospital acquired 19 instances in final 24 hours whereas to date it has examined 561 instances within the metropolis. The DSR additionally stated that two sufferers have been discharged from the hospital.
Consultant Younger Docs Affiliation (YDA) PIMS Dr. Fazal-e-Rabbi whereas speaking to The Nation stated that district administration was conveyed concerning the issues of medical professionals commuting from completely different areas of town.
He stated that medical doctors, nurses and paramedics residing in non-public hostels are additionally going through issues and the difficulty was raised earlier than the administration to ease restrictions for them.
He stated that the administration ought to concern particular passes for medical professionals so that they could possibly be exempted from commuting restrictions.
He additionally stated that federal authorities must also include particular incentive bundle announcement for the medical professionals together with nurses and paramedics for his or her encouragement as they’re on frontline of the battle in opposition to COVID-19.
PIMS Media Coordinator Dr. WaseemKhawaja stated that because the scenario is altering, hospital administration can also be taking measures to extend its capability.
He stated that the medical doctors and paramedics of PIMS reaching from the areas which had been sealed by the district administration confronted some issues they usually have to be given provision of commuting.
In regards to the rising variety of sufferers, he stated that hospital has expanded the isolation ward capability from 10 to 30 and it will likely be elevated additional.
He added that hospital has suspended its OPD providers for 3 months to scale back the burden of sufferers on medical doctors and to work on COVID-19 scenario.
