Tailors appointed by the Polyclinic administration sew face masks within the federal capital. PHOTO: NNI
ISLAMABAD: In wake of a scarcity of hand sanitisers and facemasks available in the market and the proliferation of substandard sanitizers that are being offered at exorbitant costs, a tertiary care hospital within the federal capital has determined to step up and make its personal protecting gear.
It has additionally employed tailors to fabricate facemasks to assist fight the menace from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in order that they’ll grow to be self-reliant.
The pharmacy division on the Federal Authorities (Polyclinic) Hospital has began making its personal sanitizer liquid to make sure a gentle provide of the very important disinfectant within the hospital.
“We have started preparing masks at the hospital owing to rising prices and shortage in the market,” stated Polyclinic Pharmacy Division in-charge Dr Amna
She added that the hospital administration has employed the companies of three tailors who’re work in three shifts to make as many as 1,500 masks every day. These masks are then distributed amongst the workers, guests and even to sufferers to make sure most security towards the contagion.
“We have become self-reliant in these two products, which are in high demand owing to the COVID-19 outbreak,” Dr Amna stated. Relating to the in-house sanitiser liquid, she stated, they’re implementing all crucial pointers, formulation in addition to sustaining requirements issued by the World Well being Organisation (WHO).
The in-charge stated that the security of workers and sufferers was their precedence, asserting that they’re making an attempt to do their finest in each potential method.
“Prevention is the only cure against the coronavirus,” she reiterated.
PIMS OPD closed
The Outpatient Division (OPD) on the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has been shut down, introduced Pims Government Director (ED) Dr Anser Maxood on Tuesday.
Addressing a information convention, Dr Maxood stated that the measure has been taken to keep away from a big inflow of sufferers on the healthcare facility and minimise possibilities of the virus spreading within the federal capital.
The Pims govt director defined that since hundreds of sufferers go to the OPDs every day, the gathering of so many individuals in a single place throughout a pandemic was harmful.
“The sick can visit the emergency department for check-ups and consultation as it is equipped with the requisite facilities,” he stated.
He additional asserted that the one hospital within the federal capital with an isolation facility for COVID-19 had adequate inventory of face masks whereas medical doctors carefully monitoring suspected and contaminated sufferers had been supplied with private safety gear (PPE), together with particular kits.
With the tally of sufferers going up within the twin cities, Dr Maxood additional introduced the institution of one other 29-bed isolation ward at Pims.
“It will be operative in the next 15 days,” he stated.
Requested in regards to the variety of COVID-19 sufferers at Pims, Dr Maxood stated that the hospital had obtained round 1,200 suspected coronavirus sufferers. Of those, they’d examined samples of 270 sufferers and outcomes for 24 got here again as optimistic.
Pims spokesperson Dr Waseem Khawaja informed the media that some 9 COVID-19 sufferers have been beneath therapy at Pims whereas two of them have been in crucial situation and have been on ventilators.
Printed in The Specific Tribune, March 25th, 2020.
