50-bed Infectious Disease Hospital to start operation on Friday: Sindh CM.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) established at the University Road, opposite NED University here, would start operation from next Friday.

He issued these directives to Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho and VC Dow University during his visit to the hospital on Wednesday, said a statement issued by a spokesperson to the Sindh CM.

The chief minister was accompanied by Minister Health Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho.

Syed Murad Ali Shah visited the 50-bedded double story hospital which has 6-bedded ICU and a High Dependency Unit.

He visited each and every ward and personally witnessed operation of the radiology department, ventilators and oxygen system and IT unit.

It is worth mentioning here it was Dow University's Dental hospital, which has been converted into Infectious Disease Hospital by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali by injecting necessary funding and staff.

The chief minister directed the health department to post well-trained healthcare staff in the hospital and...