After a gap of five months or so, the Punjab government has issued directions to make operational intensive care units (ICUs) and high dependency units (HDUs) of three teaching hospitals of the city and the Expo Centre Lahore to admit serious patients of Covid-19.

A high alert has been issued to the hospitals following a rapid increase in the number of critical patients and rising trend in death rate in Punjab.

Meanwhile, the Punjab government decided to curtail the surgeries/operations in the state-run hospitals of the province in order to spare the teaching faculty for treatment of the Covid-19 patients only. The government sought Corona Experts Advisory Group (CEAG) recommendations on the matter, says the notification.

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