Health minister to persuade leading private hospitals´ owners to help govt deal with coronavirus
(WorldNews Pakistan)

After failing to convince private hospitals to allocate 20 per cent of their beds for coronavirus patients, the Sindh government on Wednesday constituted a ‘Private Hospitals Core Committee� on COVID-19 with Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho as its chairperson to persuade the private health sector to support the government in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak and share the burden of patients with the public health facilities. To be headed by Dr Pechuho, the committee comprises Dr Salman Faridi, medical director of Liaquat National Hospital Karachi, Dr Abdul Bari, chief executive officer of the Indus Hospital Karachi, Dr Zerkais Anklesaria from Anklesaria Hospital, Dr Asim...