{"id":22417,"date":"2023-11-08T06:13:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T06:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/health-of-four-congo-virus-stricken-doctors-worsens\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T06:13:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T06:13:06","slug":"health-of-four-congo-virus-stricken-doctors-worsens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/health-of-four-congo-virus-stricken-doctors-worsens\/","title":{"rendered":"Health of four Congo virus-stricken doctors worsens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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QUETTA: The fight against the Congo virus has intensified in Karachi as the health of four physicians, including a female doctor in urgent need of platelets, worsened on Tuesday, Balochistan\u2019s caretaker health minister said.<\/p>\n

The medics were shifted from Balochistan to a private hospital in Karachi for specialised treatment.<\/p>\n

The development came after the pro\u00ad\u00adv\u00adincial government on Monday enf\u00ado\u00adrced a health emergency across all hospitals as the Congo outbreak affected dozens of pe\u00ado\u00adple in Quetta only, claiming two lives, including Dr Shukrullah Langove.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters in Quetta, Balochistan Health Minister Dr Amir Muhammad Khan Jogezai brought to light the tragic incident in which Mr Langove was fatally delayed by Coast Guards officials at a checkpoint in Balochistan\u2019s Winder town while being shifted to Karachi for advanced treatment on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The ambulance carrying Mr Langove was stopped for a long time \u201cwithout any justification\u201d, exacerbating the doctor\u2019s condition and leading to his death before reaching the hospital, Dr Jogezai said, stressing the need for ambulances to be allowed swift passage.<\/p>\n

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Provincial minister says \u2018unjustified\u2019 delay at checkpoint exacerbated Dr Langove\u2019s condition, leading to his death<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Out of 275 individuals suspected of carrying the virus, 73 have been confirmed, a senior official of the health sector told Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He said that 12 patients \u2014 comprising nine doctors, a nurse, a pathologist and a paramedic \u2014 were under treatment in Karachi\u2019s Agha Khan Hospital. Data received from Karachi confirmed that 12 Congo virus-infected patients were being treated at the hospital. Of them, 10 tested positive, one negative while the result of one patient was awaited.<\/p>\n

Faiza Ilyas in Karachi also contributed to this report<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, November 8th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

QUETTA: The fight against the Congo virus has intensified in Karachi as the health of four physicians, including a female doctor in urgent need of platelets, worsened on Tuesday, Balochistan\u2019s caretaker health minister said. The medics were shifted from Balochistan to a private hospital in Karachi for specialised treatment. The development came after the pro\u00ad\u00adv\u00adincial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/_img\/social-default.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t