Murtaza Wahab – spokesman for Sindh government, on Saturday, announced the government’s decision to establish a 400-bed capacity infectious disease hospital in Karachi to deal with the COVID-19 situation in the metropolitan city.
“This will be the first of its kind institute for infectious diseases in Pakistan,” said the government spokesman.
According to Murtaza Wahab, the facility will ease the burden on other hospitals, who have been struggling to cope with the continuous influx of coronavirus patients. Furthermore, Mr Wahab clarified that the hospital will be equipped with the best available equipment and treatment facilities and will also treat patients other than that of COVID-19.
Earlier, on May 3, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah had ordered to set-up a 1,000-bed isolation centre at PAF Museum on Shahra-e- Faisal in Karachi.
It is to be noted that Sindh government has already established a 1,200-bed quarantine facility at Expo Centre Karachi, which has been operational since April 6.
Sindh has reported a total of 10,771 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 180 casualties so far.
