Shamsul-Amin Pirzada
LANDIKOTAL: Another young man resident of Landikotal has died
allegedly of Congo virus, the source said.
As per the sources, Khan Haidar was admitted to Hayatabad Medical
Complex last week and was under treatment. The sources said that Khan
Haidar’s temperature was 105 for days and could not be controlled.
Health officials said yet to go for the cause of the death but the high
temperature was one of the indications of the Congo virus. However, they
said they had sent blood samples to Agha Khan Hospital Karachi and would
reach the final results in a few days.
The funeral prayer of the unfortunate man was offered by the former
senator, Hafiz Pir Abdul Malik Qadri in his ancestral graveyard in
Piro Khel area in Landikotal on Sunday.
The area residents appealed to the newly elected government to take
forthwith steps so that the spreading of such fatal viral diseases in
the area could be controlled.
It is noteworthy that according to the Medical Superintendent of Landikotal
headquarters hospital Khalid Javed said that one Salman
Shinwari, a resident of Pirokhel fell ill after he had slaughtered
sacrificial animals on the days of Eidul Azha. He said the boy was
brought to Landikotal Hospital a few days back but due to symptoms in his
the body they referred to Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar. He was
later referred to Al-Shifa Hospital in Islamabad due to his critical
a condition where he was diagnosed with the Congo virus and breathed his
last.
