A few months into the coronavirus pandemic, amid the multitude of measures the Sindh government had announced to tackle the contagion, came the much-vaunted establishment of the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Centre. Nevertheless, the hospital management is purportedly only accepting Covid-19 patients, coming from across Sindh, as well as Balochistan. "The first priority is to control the coronavirus and this is why the facility has been dedicated for treating Covid-19 patients." Consequently, the samples collected from suspected Covid-19 patients visiting the hospital are sent elsewhere for testing. According to him, Covid-19 patients are being treated for free at the hospital, with the Sindh government bearing all the expenses.

Source: The Express Tribune November 19, 2020 05:03 UTC