Health infrastructure in the whole world, as well as Pakistan, is
mobilized after the outbreak of COVID-19. We have seen in recent past how
health department in Italy and other European countries were overburdened due
to the incremental increase in the number of COVID-19 patients.
Pandemic has brought the Frontline Health workers to a point
where they put their life on risk to save those effected of a pandemic like A soldier who defends his state on its border. The world has seen doctors and
health workers selflessly worked to cure patients but in this fight against
COVID-19 many health workers lost their life.
So fighting against Pandemic as many as 58 healthcare
Workers died due to virus including 42 doctors till now according to Government
Officials.
“We have so far lost the lives of 58 healthcare providers to
COVID-19 in the country and still counting. They are 42 doctors, 13 paramedics
and other support staff, two nurses and one medical student. At the moment, 240
healthcare providers are hospitalized, of whom 231 are in a stable condition,
while nine are on life support,” an official of the National Health Services,
Regulations and Coordination (NHSR&C). “Source The News”.
According to sources health infrastructure of Sindh was
worst hit by the pandemic and most of the healthcare officials affected by the virus
are from Sindh. Sindh lost 22 of their health care workers followed by KPK with
11 deaths, 10 in Punjab while 7 reported deaths in Baluchistan so far. State
capital Lost 5 health officials, 3 in Gilgit-Baltistan while no reported death
from Azad Kashmir.
The tally of patients from health department reached 5,367
till June 30, according to an official. It is almost 3 per cent of the total
reported cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan. 52% of these healthcare workers have
recovered from deadly disease totalling at 2798 while remaining 2569 or 48% are
under treatment or self-isolation.
KPK is the worst affected with respect to infected health
providers where 1809 officials inclusive of 856 doctors, 282 nurses and 671
other support staff. Fortunately, only 14 are hospitalized while only 11 have
died so far.
In Sindh, 1034 doctors, 242 paramedics and 121 nurses are
diagnosed with coronavirus totalling at 1397 healthcare providers. 59 healthcare
officials are hospitalized, of whom 3 are on life support while 22 lost their
life.
In Punjab 1100 health care providers are infected by the virus
while 10 lost their lives and 118 were still hospitalized and in Baluchistan 422
healthcare providers have tested positive for COVID-19 with 7 deaths and 4 on
life support.
The Capital of the state, Islamabad lost 5 of its health care
workers with 3 being hospitalized while total personal counting at 451.
Approximately 105 healthcare providers in Gilgit-Baltistan
with 3 reported deaths and six are currently hospitalized. In Azad Kashmir, 83
reported cases with no loss of life till now.
“Doctors are the most affected segment of healthcare
providers as 61 per cent or 3,275 of them have so far contracted the viral
infection, followed by 1,453 paramedics, which are 27 per cent of the total
healthcare providers infected with the lethal virus. Around 639 nurses are also
among them, which is 12 per cent of the total cases,” the health ministry official
said.
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