Murad directs precautionary steps for heatwave: Advisor.

KARACHI -- Advisor to chief minister Sindh for information, law and anticorruption Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that after heat wave alert, the chief minister Sindh has directed all commissioners and deputy commissioners of the province to take precautionary measure and setup heat wave centers in health care facilities and cold water facility at district and tehsil level for the immediate medical assistance to affected person adding that provincial rehabilitation and health departments has also been issued directives to prepare plan to cope with the challenge.

Talking to media persons at Sindh assembly media corner, the advisor said that commissioner Karachi has been supervising the relief measures in Karachi. He said that 112 heat wave centers in different health care facilities and 185 cold water points has been setup in different locations of metropolis while 24 ambulances will remain stand by. He further informed that 18 mobile teams has also been formed for providing immediate medical aid to heat wave affectees while 24 ambulances will remain in standby for emergency situation at different locations. Giving the district wise break up, Barrister Murtaza Wahab told that in district central 24 medical support centers, 65 chill water facilities has been setup.

In district Korangi 15 heat wave centers, 24 water facilities while 6 ambulances will remain in standby for shifting of heat wave affected persons. In district Malir 15 centers, 15 water points, 28 centers and 28 water points in district west while 34 heat wave centers and 21 chill water points have been setup in district south and in district east 9 centers and 19 water points have been setup. The provincial advisor strongly condemned the manhandling of media persons and cameramen by the activists of a political in public gathering last night and asked PTI to train its workers saying that media is fourth pillar of state; such kind of attitude with media persons is not a positive sign. Commenting on the...