CM Sindh inaugurates HDU comprising 140 oxygen-equipped beds.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah inaugurated a 140-bed High Dependency Unit (HDU), established in collaboration with Pakistan Army, at Expo Centre in Karachi on Sunday.

The initiative was taken to strengthen provincial health services and to ensure timely treatment of coronavirus patients in Sindh.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by information minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah and senior military and civilian officials.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said that the HDU has been housed in four rooms with a capacity of 140-oxygen beds.

'I really appreciate [Pakistan] Army for establishing this HDU within 10 days. It [will] prove to be [the] best facility located in the heart of the city."

Shah went on to add that the army is doing its best to support the Sindh government in containing the virus across the province. "The establishment of a new HDU at Expo Centre would help to reduce burden on other hospitals of the city," he said.

The chief minister noted that the army has posted highly trained...