A Pakistani student who returned to Karachi from China was placed in isolation at a local hospital after possible symptoms of novel coronavirus.
According to Express Tribune, Shahzaib Rahujo, who studies petroleum at a Chinese university near Wuhan, reached his village, Nangerji, near Khairpur Mirs, on Saturday night.
“He was experiencing a headache, flu and cough on flight, but he took some medicine to relieve the symptoms and was able to reach the village safely”, his brother told ET.
He further said that his brother was screened for Coronavirus at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. “He was absolutely fine during the screening because he had already taken the medicine,” he said, but added that his brother had fever, flu, cough and fatigue when he got home.
On Monday, when Rahujo’s nose started bleeding, he was immediately taken to Civil Hospital, Khairpur. Health officials there instructed his family to shift him to Karachi right away, since they did not have adequate facilities at the hospital.
“We were on our way to Karachi when they told us to come back to the civil hospital. “There, they put him in a dengue ward”, he said.
Doctors told the family that the patient could not be moved anywhere because ‘the minister’ wanted him to stay in isolation till completion of his tests. “But there is no doctor and we are not being treated properly,” Ali complained.
The doctors and paramedics are not visiting the patient even on the Sindh health minister’s orders.
According to Express Tribune, Shahzaib Rahujo, who studies petroleum at a Chinese university near Wuhan, reached his village, Nangerji, near Khairpur Mirs, on Saturday night.
“He was experiencing a headache, flu and cough on flight, but he took some medicine to relieve the symptoms and was able to reach the village safely”, his brother told ET.
He further said that his brother was screened for Coronavirus at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. “He was absolutely fine during the screening because he had already taken the medicine,” he said, but added that his brother had fever, flu, cough and fatigue when he got home.
On Monday, when Rahujo’s nose started bleeding, he was immediately taken to Civil Hospital, Khairpur. Health officials there instructed his family to shift him to Karachi right away, since they did not have adequate facilities at the hospital.
“We were on our way to Karachi when they told us to come back to the civil hospital. “There, they put him in a dengue ward”, he said.
Doctors told the family that the patient could not be moved anywhere because ‘the minister’ wanted him to stay in isolation till completion of his tests. “But there is no doctor and we are not being treated properly,” Ali complained.
The doctors and paramedics are not visiting the patient even on the Sindh health minister’s orders.