KARACHI: Aga Khan University (AKU) Hospital in Karachi on Saturday has stopped the tests of new coronavirus patients due to a shortage of kits.
The hospital administration informed through its social media accounts saying, “We are temporarily unable to take any new patients for Covid-19 screening and testing at CHC.”
The administration said after the arrival of the new kits the blood samples will be accepted for testing.
On Friday night, various videos were circulated on social media that showed people’s ire for not being allowed to enter the Aga Khan Hospital as the security guards refused entry of the public.
Earlier, Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) had acquired 200 kits used to detect Coronavirus from the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad and initiated Coronavirus testing.
The CHK had become the 5th institution in Sindh where Coronavirus tests are being performed including Aga Khan Hospital (AKU), Indus Hospital Karachi, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) Ojha Campus and Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT).
Medical Superintendent, CHK, Dr Khadim Hussain Qureshi had informed the CHK has started Coronavirus testing after receiving the required kits from the National Institute of Health (NIH). He said the testing facility will be available round the clock at their Influenza Lab.
He told that a Coronavirus Counter is also being established at Emergency Department to guide, inform and educate suspected viral disease patients. He said suspected patients will be sent Control Room for history and test if required.
