A physician from Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) — who was working at a medical facility screening pilgrims travelling to the province from the Pakistan-Iran border at Taftan — is preventing for his life after testing constructive for coronavirus and being positioned on a ventilator.
Based on GB well being division official Dr Shah Ramzan, A* had fallen sick roughly two nights in the past after returning dwelling from work — a screening centre in GB’s Juglot tehsil — round midnight.
Quoting his father, the official mentioned: “He advised his household he was drained and went to sleep. Nonetheless, he did not get up within the morning as he normally did.
“Concerned, his family went to his room to check up on him. But, they found A* to be unresponsive,” he mentioned.
Ramzan added that the physician’s household rushed him to the closest hospital.
“I spoke to him the same night this unfortunate incident occurred,” he mentioned. “He was completely fine at that point.”
In the meantime, GB well being division Director Dr Iqbal Rasool confirmed that A* had examined constructive for coronavirus.
“However, the sudden deterioration in his health cannot only be attributed to coronavirus,” he mentioned, including that people who find themselves recognized with the virus don’t lose consciousness and turn out to be comatose.
He maintained {that a} five-member medical board has been constituted to probe the incident.
Medical specialists are reviewing the state of affairs, and investigating whether or not A* had a mind tumour that will have precipitated his situation to deteriorate and for him to be shifted on to a ventilator, he mentioned.
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