HYDERABAD: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of doctors on Sunday warned that medical and paramedical staff would not perform their duties from April 6 if they are not provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as per the guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO). A video-link meeting of JAC was held and attended by Dr Peer Manzoor of Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Sindh and Dr Umar Sultan of Young Doctors Association (YDA) Sindh among others. The JAC said the Sindh government had completely failed to provide safety kits to doctors, nurses and para medical staff who were performing their duties during the coronavirus pandemic. They said that as per decision of the JAC, all doctor will attend their duties from Monday but they will not perform duty unless they are provided safety kits as per WHO guidelines. Dr Muhammad Khan Shar, Dr Abdul Razaque Rajpar, Dr Yaseen Umrani, Mehboob Noonari and others were also attended the meeting.

Source: Pakistan Today April 05, 2020 17:37 UTC