Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on August 28 Wednesday declared emergency in the hospitals of five districts, including Dir, Malakand, Swabi, Buner and Shangla as one person was detected with dengue in Swabi district. According to details, the patient was shifted to Islamabad Hospital where his condition is said to be stable. KP Health Minister Shaukat Yousafzai told Pakistan on August 29 that special wards and beds were being established in all District Headquarter and main hospitals of these five districts, adding that the doctors and paramedical staff were on high alert and medicines and other supplies were being provided to the hospitals on an emergency basis. |
