While coronavirus cases have increased by more than 100,000 in the past three weeks with many patients being “denied” of treatment due to lack of facilities, the Centre’s sudden change of mind after a year to take over three major hospitals of Sindh has stirred a controversy over their control and funding, which may further affect the fight against the pandemic.
Over the past 24 hours, the novel coronavirus claimed at least 141 lives and affected 5,948 more people, taking the death toll to 3,436 and the national tally of cases to 174,676.
In response to the last week’s letter of the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) asking the Sindh government to hand over the possession/control of the three major hospitals, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho has requested the federal government to withdraw its letter and work with the provincial government to focus on Covid-19.
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