Corona test of 50 PINS employees conducted, 2 found positive.

LAHORE -- :The Punjab Institute of Neuro-Sciences (PINS) has started coronavirus test of its employees.

In the first phase, tests of 50 employees were conducted and two of them were found COVID-19 positive, according to hospital sources.

PINS Executive Director Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood said here on Friday that even during the lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, patients were being examined and the Emergency Ward of the hospital was open to patients 24-hours a day. He said that a separate lift and operation theatre had been allocated for coronavirus patients. Similarly, no one was being allowed to enter the Punjab Institute of Neuro-Sciences without a safety mask.

According to Prof Khalid Mahmood, under the policy of the Punjab government, all protective items were being provided to doctors, nurses and medical staff. So far, more than 24,000 surgical...