Daily Times

As many as 12 patients infected with coronavirus were being under treatment in two major hospitals of Peshawar including Khyber Teaching Hospital and Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, said an official of the Health Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here on Friday. Giving complete detail about the corona patients, he said, four patients infected with corona are undergoing treatment in Khyber Teaching Hospital and 8 others are being admitted in Lady Reading Hospital. He said”122 beds are allotted for corona patients in Khyber Teaching Hospital and the hospital has 28 ventilators reserved for corona patients with one patient infected with Corona is undergoing treatment at HDU.” The official further added”Four patients are undergoing treatment on 31 beds of oxygen and a Corona patient has been admitted in the last 24 hours, however, 117 beds allotted for Corona in Khyber Teaching Hospital are vacant.” He said the number of coronavirus patients in LRH has increased to 8, spokesman Muhammad Asim said when contacted. He said four hundred beds have been allotted for corona patients in LRH and 6 patients admitted in ICU. He said”Only one new patient has been admitted in the last 24 hours and vaccine booster dose is playing its role in preventing coronavirus.”