When Abid Baig found his wife displaying serious symptoms of Covid-19, he rushed her to a private hospital in Lahore. While the uproar is loud, if these patients had been taken to these private hospitals back in April, they would have been refused entry. When the global pandemic was first picking up steam in Pakistan, the private hospital industry was buckling under pressure. But this was neither because the hospitals were oversubscribed, nor because of government regulation of pricing during a pandemic situation. After making strides in securing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for their doctors and health workers, these private hospitals have set up their own coronavirus wards, isolating patients in

Source: Pakistan Today June 28, 2020 17:50 UTC