Govt should ensure provision of PPEs for doctors: Bilawal

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PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari called out the government for its failure to provide personal protective equipment to doctors battling the country's Covid-19 outbreak.

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. — DawnNewsTV
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. — DawnNewsTV

"It is our responsibility to provide them with everything they need to protect themselves. Doctors are in contact with coronavirus patients [...] the bare minimum we can do is provide them with PPE."

He added that the government needed to equip medical workers so that they can fight the "war against corona".

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