fight against coronavirus
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has directed all Medical Teaching Institutions (MTIs) to allocate 20% beds for COVID-19 patients in hospitals. The MTIs were further directed to start coronavirus tests round the clock, feed data to health system on daily basis and make available additional staff to ensure best possible healthcare of pandemic-hit people, said a statement here. MTIs have been directed to share data with health department on daily basis, ensure availability of well trained clinical and non-clinical staff and contact the latter in case of staff deficiency. MTIs have been asked to immediately arrange additional staff through walk-in interviews and contractual hiring or request the locum to remove staff deficiency. “No hospital should refuse admission to any COVID-19 patient. In case, an MTI is full to the capacity, it should contact control room for bed management at the director-general health services offices for making alternate arrangements.”
