Sindh CM inaugurates High Dependency Unit for COVID-19 patients.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday inaugurated newly established High Dependency Unit (HDU) here on Sunday and said it was the manifestation of his commitment to further enhance and strengthen provincial health services so that no COVID-19 patient remained unattended.

The HDU, Field hospital, Expo Karachi has been established in collaboration with Pakistan Army, said a spokesperson to the CM House.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Minister Information Syed Nasir Shah, senior Pak army and Civilian officers and others.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said the newly HDU had been housed in four rooms with a capacity of 140-oxygen bed. 'I really appreciate Pak Army for establishing this HDU within 10 days,' he said and added it would prove to be a best facility located in the heart of the city.

He said that Pak Army was supporting Sindh government in containing the virus. 'The establishment of new HDU at Expo would help to reduce pressure on other hospitals of the city,' he said. He added that the Pak army had posted highly trained health care staff at the HDU and Indus Hospital would also support to operate the unit.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said that at present, the Sindh government had already established health facilities for COVID-19 patients with 453 bed ICU and 1553 bed HDU all over the Sindh and another 140 bed HDU at Expo Center had been added in the System. Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated the 140-bed HDU by cutting the ribbon and visited all the four rooms.

It may be noted the Field Hospital, Expo has 1200-bed Isolation facility.

CM Visits Service hospital: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah just after Expo Center went to Services Hospital where a separate unit for COVID-19 patients was being constructed. He directed the concerned engineer to expedite the work so that it could be started.

Presenting a district-wise breakdown of the 1,280 cases reported from Karachi, the minister said that 395 were reported from East, 363 from South, 172 from Central, 140 from Korangi, 111 from West and 99 reported from Malir district.

From cases reported in other cities of the province, Shah said that within last 24 hours, Ghotki reported 74 cases, whereas, Sukkur reported 72, Khairpur 64, Hyderabad 63, Mirpurkhas 38, Shikarpur 38, Shaheed Benazirabad 36, Kashmore 33, Thatta 28, Larkana 24, Jamshoro 13, Nasushehroferoze 12, Umerkot 11, Tando Allahyar 10, Kambar three, Sujawal two, Tundo Muhammad Khan two, and Matiari...