KOHAT: The KDA Teaching Hospital on Tuesday received the long-awaited protective kits required by the doctors serving in the quarantine and isolation wards in the district.

Adviser to the chief minister, MPA Ziaullah Bangash, in a statement, said protective kits contained special suits, masks, gloves and other items.

He said they would be distributed among 25 doctors, dozens of nurses and staff working in the quarantine, isolation wards and 51 laboratories.

He said one each quarantine centre had been established in Gumbat, Lachi and KDA Teaching Hospital, besides eight isolation wards. The CM’s adviser said the protective kits had been delivered by the health department.

Published in Dawn, April 1st, 2020