The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is working to acquire more ventilators, high dependency unit beds and other medical equipment to treat virus patients, provincial CM's aide Ajmal Wazir said.

He commended doctors and medical staff of the Lady Reading Hospital, Khyber Teaching Hospital as well as other medical facilities across the province.

Wazir assured that the government was also working to provide further equipment to hospitals to increase their capacity.

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