28 staff members of DHQ Hospital Abbottabad test positive for COVID-19 on May 29, 2020District Head Quarter (DHQ) Hospital commonly known as Benazir Bhutto Shaheed (BBS) Hospital Abbottabad has become a serious threat where 28 members of the staff, including six doctors, six nurses, four lady health visitors and other allied staff have been reported COVID-19 positive, according to official documents. The list of staff Corona positive in last […]
Govt urged to stop treating COVID-19 patients as criminals on May 20, 2020Provincial President of Peoples Doctors Forum (PDF) Professor Dr Nisar Khan has expressed deep concern over post-corona health situation and said no one knows when corona pandemic will end & life gets back to normal; therefore the government needs to have a visionary approach to handle this fast moving crisis and take along all sectors, […]
Women and children among 14 injured in roof collapse incident on May 15, 2020Downpour in the region began right after last Sehr in lower parts of Abbottabad, while the mountains received torrential rain, later converting into hailstorm made the weather chilly. The rain falling was started once again soon after little interval, and it was continuing instead break unto late at evening, Thursday. However, an unexpected landslide appeared […]
13 shops sealed over violation of COVID-19 SOPs on May 14, 2020District administration along with TMA Abbottabad staff has sealed 13 shops over the violation of SOPs by the shopkeepers and general public for not maintenance the social distance and not use of mask and hand gloves here on Wednesday which includes seven cloths, 6 garments and one shoes shop. Assistant Commissioner Abbottabad on the ease […]
Hazara police launch ‘No Mask, No Shopping & No Mask, No Petrol’ drive on May 12, 2020Hazara police have launched “No Mask, No Shopping & No Mask, No Petrol” drive in all the eight districts of Hazara division and had directed the traders to fully implement the SOPs designed by the KP government for the markets and at petrol pumps. DIG Hazara Qazi Jamil ur Rehman in directives issued to all […]
‘COVID-19: we need not just healthcare professionals but experts’ on May 8, 2020The number of infected cases among healthcare professionals, including paramedics and doctors, has been increasing day by day due to the reason that they are not versed in handling pathogenic and infectious microorganisms like SARS-2 whereas the microbiologists, specially virologists, immunologists & molecular biology biotechnologists are the right professionals to deal with such outbreaks who […]
C lockdown: 175 hotels, restaurants shut down in Galiyat on May 5, 2020As many as 175 hotels & restaurants have been closed in Galiyat after the lockdown which resultantly not only damaged economy of the region but also created unemployment in the area. This was disclosed by Director General Galiyat Development Authority (GDA) Raza Habib while talking with newsmen here on Monday. DG GDA informed that Galiyat […]
120-year-old bridge on KKH damaged, will take a month to repair: officials on May 3, 2020A 120-year-old small bridge on main Karakoram Highway (KKH) at Fawara Chowk has been badly damaged, and traffic police have diverted the traffic to the inner lane of the main road from Fawara Chowk passing from the General Bus Stand. NHA officials on the pressing demand of the traffic police and keeping in mind the […]
Three doctors, a policeman test positive for COVID-19 on April 25, 2020The screening report of 33 healthcare providers, including doctors, nurses & paramedics, who were quarantined after performing their duties in isolation wards of COVID-19 patients in Ayub Teaching Hospital has been declared negative, while three doctors and a police moharar at Dunga Gali Police Station was declared positive. Dr. Ahsan Aurangzeb, Medical Director AMTI told […]
KP CM reviews coronavirus situation, arrangements made by district admin on April 23, 2020Chief Minister Mahmood Khan along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani paid a one-day visit to Abbottabad district to review the coronavirus situation and the arrangements made by the district administration to contain the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the details, the Chief Minister visited Ayub Teaching Hospital (ATH) Abbottabad and […]