The Edhi Foundation — acclaimed for its emergency services and shelter houses for the nation’s poor, is kitting staff out in rain coats and boots in the fight against coronavirus as it can’t yet gather proper personal protective equipment for the staff.
Pakistan has announced the most noteworthy number of coronavirus diseases in South Asia, with 1,238 cases and nine casualties however health specialists state there is an absence of open mindfulness about the infection and the desperate government is badly arranged to handle it.
The Edhi Foundation has for a considerable length of time stepped in to help when taxpayer driven organizations fail to deliver and it runs the nation’s biggest rescue vehicle administration.
Presently it has needed to prepare many staff on the most proficient method to deal with suspected coronavirus patients. In any case, furnishing them with PPE is an issue given an across the nation deficiency of the required gear.
“We’ve settled on specific things and use alternatives,” Faisal Edhi, leader of the Edhi Foundation, said in a statement.
“Full covers are hard to find in the market.” He said he was sure the overcoats would work similarly also.
Specialists in the capital, Islamabad, a week ago took steps to picket over an absence of protective gear in medical clinics.
The ministry of health has recognized a few issues with facilities and deficiencies of PPE to handle the infection and authorities have said they are bringing in PPE from China.
Edhi said his association was getting many calls a day from individuals stressed that they or their family members were tainted with the coronavirus. “We encourage them to self-segregate and separate the utensils,” he said.