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Monthly Archives: May 2020

Coronavirus Update: Deaths at homes rise

KARACHI: Amidst growing concern over healthcare delivery to COVID-19 patients kept in home isolation, the Sindh health authorities reported five more deaths among such patients on May 7 when 453 new infection cases were also registered across the province. A study of the relevant official

Sindh government’s damage control dose

KARACHI: Following criticism over the tragic death of a corona positive radiologist onboard an ambulance, the Sindh government has finally moved to a damage control on May 6. The Sindh Health department placed the services of a junior doctor posted at the Civil Hospital Karachi

Coronavirus Update: No respite in Karachi

KARACHI: Karachi witnessed no respite from coronavirus even after lockdown and strict restrictions as the health authorities confirmed 339 new infections and six deaths among the virus patients, including a young woman on May 6, taking the city’s COVID-19 infected people to 6,535. Karachi has

Radiologist dies tragically onboard ambulance

KARACHI: An expert in medical imaging techniques died of COVID-19 onboard an ambulance in Karachi on May 3. The death of the radiologist, Dr Furqan-ul-Haq, a retired officer of the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD), was highlighted by social media as well as television