PESHAWAR: Like other parts of the country, the third wave of COVID-19 is proving to be more dangerous in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as compared earlier two waves.
Medical Experts were of the view that the hospitals of the Peshawar are reaching to the capacity and they urged people to take all necessary precautions against the virus so that lives can be saved.
Three major hospitals of the city including the Lady Reading Hospital have almost reached capacity. Hospital staffers told that 90 per cent of the beds in coronavirus wards have been occupied.
Arrangements are being made for a continuous supply of oxygen in various hospitals in the province, but doctors fear that non-implementation of precautionary measures could worsen the situation.
People including men, women, children, and elderly, are equally being affected by the coronavirus epidemic right now. Owing to the growing number of cases, coronavirus wards of different public hospitals are reaching capacity at a rapid pace.
At present, the ratio of coronavirus positivity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reached 11 per cent. British strain of the virus ‘variant’ has also been found in the province, which is also spreading rapidly, doctors said.
Medical experts say that unlike the first and second wave of the pandemic, when the virus only affected people’s lungs, the British variant of the virus is now affecting other organs of the body too in addition to increased weakness.
Dr Nisar Ahmad Jadoon, a pulmonologist at the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) was of the view that during the first and second waves of the coronavirus pandemic, the virus was usually affecting the lungs alone. But during the third wave, the virus is also damaging patients’ kidneys, intestines, and other organs. In some cases, the virus is also affecting people’s skins, he added.
Dr Jadoon stressed the need that if people do not strictly adhere to the government’s mandated coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs), the situation will take a turn for the worse. “Most people, who frequent markets of the city, are neither wearing masks nor taking care of social distancing,” Dr Jadoon said.
Meanwhile, police told that during inspections of different areas of Peshawar, several plazas have been sealed due to the violation of the SOPs, and cases have been registered against the owners of the plazas.
Doctors and paramedical staff are risking their own lives every day to fight the pandemic and save people from this deadly disease, Medical experts said and urged people at this crucial hour they must follow the SOPs.
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