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@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 We started observing this trend at the end of last month when we saw that the number of patients requiring emergency treatment had declined from 1,800-2,000 to 600-700 a day,” a critical care specialist at the JPMC told The News.(8)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 But the number of people who either were dead on arrival or died within a couple of hours after their arrival increased with every passing day. Initially, we didn’t pay any heed, but now we’re seeing a pattern. And this is also being reported by other hospitals,” he shared.(9)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 The doctor added he started noticing the unusual pattern of DOA and near-death patients from March 31, when seven bodies were brought in—of which 1 death was due to a road accident—and seven other patients who were brought in alive died before they could be moved to the wards(10)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 The next day, seven more people were brought in dead and four died during treatment at the emergency. On April 2, seven again were brought in dead while seven died during treatment at the emergency,” said the doctor.(11)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 The emergency medicine specialist said that those brought in were between the ages of 45 to 60, except for a few who were older and a few who were younger like the woman who was brought in dead with lung disease. “People in this age group normally don’t die suddenly,”he added(12)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 People between 45 and 60 years of age usually take a few days’ time, while some of them even respond to emergency treatment, but here we are witnessing a strange phenomenon,” the doctor said.(13)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 Since March 31, emergency officials said, 109 patients have been brought in dead and 90 who were alive when brought to the JPMC emergency but died mysteriously, and their bodies were handed over to their heirs without ascertaining their cause of death.(14)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 Officials at other public and private hospitals showed reluctance in sharing data with The News on DOAs or on those who died during treatment at their emergencies. They, however, admitted that the number of cases with “pneumonia-like symptoms” is on the rise(15)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 and many of those being brought in dead have symptoms of pneumonia or ARDS, which is thought to be caused by the coronavirus(16)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 An official at the Indus Hospital Karachi confirmed that the number of people with severe acute illness had increased during the past two and a half weeks, while daily two to four people were being brought dead to their emergency with pneumonia-like symptoms.(17)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 “Since we have a relatively smaller casualty compared to public hospitals, we refer such critically sick patients to either the JPMC or the Civil Hospital Karachi [CHK], while those who are brought in dead, their bodies are handed over to their families immediately.”(18)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 Similarly, an emergency care specialist at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases confirmed receiving some patients who were either critically sick or were brought dead to their emergency.(19)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 The doctor said that instead of “classic symptoms of cardiac arrest”, those patients had respiratory and other illnesses, who either died before they could be shifted to other hospitals or were already dead when they were examined.(20)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. (21)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘀 - (22)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 - 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵.(23)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 Officials at the city’s largest public hospital, the CHK, confirmed that the number of critically sick patients and DOAs had increased-(24)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 ,but blamed it on the lockdown,saying that people were only bringing in their loved ones when it was absolutely necessary,resulting in the loss of several precious lives.(25)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 Sindh Health Department officials refused to comment on the report, but federal health authorities said that all of Pakistan’s 96 COVID-19 deaths, including 35 in Sindh, were brought in serious condition and (26)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 “very late” to the hospitals, which also contributed to their passing away in addition to the lethal viral disease.(27)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 “Data indicates that patients with COVID-19 who have died spent only four days in hospitals and critical care units,” an official of the National Command and Control Centre on the novel coronavirus in Islamabad told The News. (28)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 “This reveals that people are not opting for early treatment, and only go to the hospital when they are extremely sick.”(29)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 '220 have died in the past 15 days in JPMC'

Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre's executive director Dr Seemi Jamali on Wednesday said that 220 people had died in the hospital in the past 15 days.(30)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 "121 patients were dead before they arrived in the hospital," she said, adding: "99 people died in the accidents section of the hospital."

All those who have died in the medical facility were not infected by COVID-19, she added.(31)

@HarisBaig16662 @HarrisRichard77 After this news reports you still are allowing #Ramzan Congregation. You guys are going to face catastrophic problems. See what's happening in #Brazil & $Sweden. You won't even have #RapidTestKits. So stop comparing yourself to India & question your govt only 100k tests

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