Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Civil Award to be Conferred on Doctor who lost life treating Corona virus patients

Hyderabad Sindh Gilgit Baltistan Governor Raja Jalal Hussian on Wednesday approved a summary to confer civil award on Dr Usman Riaz after he lost his life treating Corona Virus patients

Dr Riaz a young physician from GB region become the first Pakistani doctor to die after contracting the virus on the job, he was a part of the 10 member team tasked with screening patients returning from downtown, particularly those arriving there from Iran via Taftan. He later started providing services to the suspect patients in isolation centers established from them in Gilgit.

The USA and France   have praised Pakistani doctors in their fight  against the virus.

The Doctor colleagues told to the media that Dr Riaz had ignored his health and served the patients till late night as the patients had never been provided with any services before, Dr Riaz then shifted to the provincial headquarter Hospital (PHQ) in Gilgit city where he was put on a Ventilator and given a swab test which confirm him as a positive case 

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