A doctor hailing from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa died of COVID-19 in Islamabad Tuesday night; bringing the number of doctors’ death in the province to 27. The Provincial Doctors Association Khyber Pakhtunkhwa confirmed the news. The deceased; Dr. Aliya Sarfaraz; was the former head of the gynaecology epartment at the Haripur DHQ Hospital. She had been undergoing treatment for the virus at a private hospital in Islamabad. ‘The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has not yet given the shaheed package to any martyred doctor or health worker;’ the PDAKP said in a statement. Health workers in the province are still deprived of the virus risk allowance; the association added. So far 106 health workers have died of coronavirus across Pakistan.
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