Four more doctors contract coronavirus in Nishtar Hospital, raising total to 17

Last updated on: 13 April,2020 02:59 pm

Four more doctors contract coronavirus in Nishtar Hospital, raising total to 17

MULTAN (Dunya News) – Four more doctors working in Nishtar Hospital have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus. This raises the tally to 17.

According to details, 13 doctors contracted coronavirus yesterday (April 12, 2020) in Nishtar Hospital Multan. Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar took notice of the incident and sought inquiry report from the health secretary.

Four more doctors tested positive for the virus today (April 13, 2020) raising total number of infected doctors to 17.

On the other hand, Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid has said that infected doctors were not treating coronavirus patients as there is no coronavirus ward in the hospital and one of the doctors, who contracted the virus from his father, infected other doctors.