ISLAMABAD:
The major public hospitals of Islamabad received over 5,000 patients suffering from various stomach-related illnesses from chand raat till the third day of Eid.
The emergency departments remained flooded with patients and hospitals faced shortage of beds while cancelling leaves of medical staff.
Talking to a local media outlet, Dr Waseem Khawaja, a senior gastroenteritis specialist at Pims, said patients came with the complaint of severe stomach ache, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration and fever.
“There was an emergency like situation in the hospital. Majority of them were admitted and later discharged,” he said.
