Private hospitals in Sindh get permission to setup isolation wards for coronavirus patients on Saturday.
Sindh government’s spokesman Murtaza Wahab confirming the news said that private hospitals would be allowed to setup isolation wards after approval from the Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC).
“Now the private hospitals will also be available for coronavirus patients,” said the spokesman.
“The wards could be established in light of the commission’s recommendations, Murtaza Wahab said adding that employees and equipment would be as per the SHCC recommendations.
He said that the policy was devised in the better interest of the public.
“The hospitals could approach the healthcare commission for setting up isolation wards and it will provide all possible guidelines in this regard,” said the provincial spokesman Murtaza Wahab.
As many as 1247 new cases of the novel coronavirus were diagnosed in Sindh over the past 24 hours, increasing tally of infections to 27,307 across the province, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Saturday.
