CHITRAL: Doctors in Chitral have complained that local hospitals lack safety kits against the novel coronavirus such as ventilators and even sanitizers for the staff. According to doctors and paramedic staff, this condition prevails across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Multiple hospitals are running short of masks and safety kits for their staff, a doctor said. “In Chitral, […]
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has approved appointment of 1,299 medical officers in the health department on an emergency basis to deal with the corona patients. The chief minister signed a summary moved by health department to this effect. The newly-appointed MOs of the health department KP will resume their duties next week and be
DROSH: The government has decided to use 27 rooms of three educational institutions in Drosh as quarantine camps for suspected coronavirus patients coming from Karachi and other parts of the country. Local administration officials inspected the arrangements at the elementary college, higher secondary school and the Drosh college on Friday The officials said a large
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CHITRAL: The Nauroz festival celebrations were cancelled in the Isamili-dominated valley of Lot Koh in Lower Chitral and Upper Chitral over fears of coronavirus. The festival is marked on March 21 every year. President of Ismaili Regional Council Dr Riaz Hussain told ChitralToday that the Nauroz celebrations led to large gatherings, so there was a
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PESHAWAR: Mujeebur Rehman, the district health officer (DHO) of Lower Chitral, has been transferred and directed to report to the DG health services in Peshawar. A notification issued by the KP health department said the DHO of Upper Chitral will be looking after the health department of Lower Chitral till the appointment of a new
