KP govt likely to stop admitting Covid-19 patients to MTIs

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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is considering a plan to stop admitting Covid-19 patients to medical teaching institutions (MTIs).

Khyber Teaching Hospital, Hayatabad Medical Complex and Lady Ready Hospital have been closed for general patients for the last four months due to the pandemic.

Lately there has been 70 per cent decline in Covid-19 cases, prompting authorities to divert virus patients to two newly-established facilities and open the MTIs for general patients.

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