The number of coronavirus patients in Pakistan was around
9,000 two weeks ago and now exceeds 30,000. Since April 1, the number of people
infected with COD 19 has been increasing by about 1,000 new patients on a daily
basis. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that "unless
precautionary measures are taken, the number of corona patients in Pakistan
could exceed 200,000 by mid-July." After that, whether they increase or
decrease, they will not disappear completely. Doctors and medical experts fear that
if this happens, the health system in the country will not be able to bear this
burden because even if all the government hospitals in Pakistan are combined,
there is not enough room for patients. Not all Corona victims will need to go
to the hospital, but if half or a quarter of them come to the hospital, will
there be room for them or not? He could not find a hospital bed. His wife told
the BBC she had "put her husband on a stretcher and taken him to hospital
..." He was told that hospital beds were not available. The incident with
Dr. Furqan-ul-Haq reflects the concerns that doctors in Pakistan have expressed
about Corona. That is, a time when a Corona patient living in quarantine at
home will need a hospital and either will not have a place for them or will not
get a place in the hospital on time. If we look at the statistics regarding the
hospitals in Pakistan and the facilities available in them, it is clear that
these concerns are based on reality. According to the Pakistan Bureau of
Statistics, by the end of the financial year 2018, there were a total of 132227
beds in Pakistan's hospitals spread across 1279 government hospitals and 5671
dispensaries across the country. The total number of beds in 388 hospitals of
Punjab province is 60191 in terms of population volume. This was followed by
39,564 beds in Sindh, 22,154 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 7,747 in Balochistan and
2,571 in the federal capital. However, not all of these beds can be reserved
for corona patients. According to Pakistan's Economic Survey, by the end of
fiscal year 2017, one hospital bed was available to every 1,580 people in the
country. Pakistan has an average of one bed for every 1580 patients. That is
why the country's largest province, Punjab, was initially able to allocate only
1,122 beds for Corona patients in all hospitals. In view of the increasing
number of patients, this number was increased to more than three thousand, but
it also decreased. After that, temporary field hospitals were established.
Similarly, in Sindh province, the government has announced to set up field
hospitals in all districts. Combined with the number of beds available in field
hospitals, the number of hospital beds currently available to Corona patients
in Pakistan is just over 19,000. During the month from February 15 to March 15,
there were only about 50 confirmed cases of corona in Pakistan. In the next
fortnight, that number had risen to about 2,000, and in the next fortnight to
about 6,000. The patient growth rate more than doubled and continued to rise in
the coming days. In the last ten days, more than a thousand people in Pakistan
have been diagnosed with corona every day. If the number of patients continues
to rise at the same rate, there will be more than 100,000 corona cases in
Pakistan by mid-June, and if the epidemic is not stopped, the number will
double by mid-July. The World Health Organization has predicted. The number of
Corona patients in Pakistan is still around 20,000 if the recovery and deaths
are removed. About 5,000 to 6,000 of them are currently in hospitals and the
rest in quarantine centers, according to the Federal Department of Health.
It should be noted that a large number of those who
recovered were pilgrims who had initially come from Iran. How many people
recover from quarantine centers in the coming days and how many need to be sent
to hospitals is not yet known. It is not known how many of these new patients
will be hospitalized, but if 5,000 out of 20,000 patients need hospitalization,
that proportion will require 50,000 out of 200,000 corona patients to be
hospitalized by mid-July. ۔
With this in mind, Pakistan will need more than 30,000 beds
for Corona patients in the next two months. Punjab, Pakistan's largest
province, still has 7,753 beds for corona patients, according to the health
department. There are more than 4,500 beds in field hospitals set up
specifically to deal with the epidemic. According to the Department of Primary
and Secondary Health, initially the number of beds in hospitals was a little
more than 1,100 in places called Isolation Centers or High Dependency Units.
This number was later increased but the government had to set up field
hospitals. Similarly, according to the Federal Health Department, there are
4688 beds for corona patients in Sindh province. According to the provincial
health department, the number of isolation beds was initially just over 450,
while the total number of beds combined with quarantine centers was around
8,000. It may be recalled that Punjab and Sindh have the highest number of patients
at present which has exceeded 10,000 individually in both the provinces.
According to the provincial health department, the number of beds in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa is 3,046 Was near which has now been increased to 4093 whereas in
Balochistan province initially the number of beds was 927 which has been
increased to 2136. The number of patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
has exceeded 4,000 and 2,000 respectively. In a recent message from Punjab
Chief Minister Usman Bazdar, it was stated that field hospitals have been set
up in different cities in the province for corona patients with a capacity of
4500 beds up to 10000 beds if required. Can be extended. The largest field
hospital with more than a thousand beds was built at the Expo Center in Lahore,
which is now more than half full. Similarly, a 1,200-bed field hospital in
Karachi, Sindh province, was set up at the Expo Center with the help of the
Pakistan Army, while the Sindh government announced plans to set up field
hospitals with a total capacity of 10,000 beds in different districts of the
province. Similarly, the governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have
also announced the construction of a field hospital. Most field hospitals in
different cities of Pakistan are still treating patients with mild to moderate
coronary heart disease. Most sick patients are transferred to hospital ICUs.
However, this may change in the coming days.However, to ensure adequate care
for minor patients, approximately 84 doctors for every 30 beds are required to
work over a six-hour period. That is, governments need to recruit new doctors
and paramedical staff for field hospitals.
New doctors were also recruited for the Expo Center Hospital
in Lahore. However, patients at the same field hospital had recently protested
against the management for not removing dirt from the hospital for two
consecutive days and providing poor facilities
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