Covid-19: Hospitals in PoK get used PPE kits, masks with ‘paan’ stains

Poor healthcare amenities in Pakistan had been as soon as once more uncovered when authorities at Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zaid Combined Military Hospital in Muzaffarabad complained of receiving private protecting tools (PPEs) which had been already used, with a few of them stained with betel leaf.

The hospital tweeted from its official account, CMH Muzaffarabad, “Hospital across AJK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) has received around 3 lakh PPE kits from military hospital, Rawalpindi but the kit we got in our hospital were already used before. Some of the masks had a red stain on them, after lab testing it was found those were paan stain.”

“As per our hospital protocol, we destroyed all kits to ensure no infection gets spread in our hospital. It’s shameful that after receiving fake Made-in-China testing machine, AJK has now become a dumping ground for used PPE kits,” the Twitter thread added.

The hospital was constructed with humanitarian help donated by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates to alleviate the sufferings of the individuals of the area, who had been affected from the devastating earthquake in 2005.

Pakistan’s tally of coronavirus circumstances soared to 45,898, with 1,932 new ones reported on Wednesday.

With poor testing and educated medical workers, PoK has registered 133 Covid-19 circumstances whereas Gilgit Baltistan has reported 556 positive circumstances.

Earlier, the medical doctors in PoK held protests in opposition to the federal government for its failure to offer PPE kits to deal with Covid-19 sufferers.

However, many of those healthcare employees denied going to hospitals with out PPE kits, which have affected the testing and remedy of suspected coronavirus sufferers.

Islamabad has been discriminately treating PoK and Gilgit Baltistan through the outbreak, which has instantly affected the lives of individuals within the areas.