26 doctors return to work after winning battle against COVID-19 in Multan

MULTAN: At least 26 doctors have returned to work at Multan’s Nishtar Hospital to treat the patients after winning their battle against COVID-19.

According to the hospital spokesperson, the doctors and paramedic staff had tested positive for the novel COVID-19 after they had contracted the virus while treating patients in the hospital.

The spokesman further said in a simple welcoming ceremony, the doctors were welcomed with rose garlands as they returned to the hospital.

On this occasion, a doctor who had recovered from the COVID-19 said “We have the enthusiasm to battle this COVID-19 epidemic. It doesn’t matter if you are a senior or a junior doctor, or a paramedic or a nurse. We all have the passion to battle the disease.”

A growing number of healthcare professionals have started testing positive for the novel COVID-19 in the past few days, with at least 257 confirmed infections among doctors and paramedics between May 5 and May 9.

According to a report, 11 health professional have so far lost their lives to the COVID-19 across Pakistan.

As many as 766 healthcare providers — 440 doctors, 111 nurses and 215 paramedics and other support staff—have been infected till 9 May and forced to live in home isolation or are under treatment at hospitals.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is the worst-hit with respect to the number of healthcare providers infected with the COVID-19 as 186 have tested positive there, followed by 184 in Punjab, 138 in Balochistan, 149 in Sindh,  22 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 83 in the Islamabad and four in Azad Jammu & Kashmir.