LAKKI MARWAT: The provincial government will install an oxygen plant in the District Headquarters Hospital, Tajazai, an official source said on Monday.

He said the hospital’s administration had increased the number of beds from eight to 20 for better care of the Covid-19 patients.

He said medical superintendent Dr Shamsur Rehman had requested the director general health services for installation of the oxygen plant, which the latter had accepted.

The hospital has also a 40-bed isolation ward for the coronavirus patients, the source said.

The installation of centralised plant will enable the hospital’s administration to cope with shortage of oxygen, the official said.

TWO SHOT DEAD: Separate firing incidents claimed two lives on Monday. The police said Ihsanullah, 25, was shot dead over a children’s quarrel in Nawerkhel village.

They said Irfanullah, uncle of the deceased, was injured in the incident.

The deceased and the injured were fixing barbed wire around their land when their rivals, including Akbar Zaman and Bahadar Zaman, attacked them.

The body and the injured were shifted to the government city hospital.

The Lakki Marwat police registered a case against the killers.

Separately, Wahidullah killed Ahmad Khan, 27, in his house in Osman Adamzai area of Tajori town.

The police said the victim was asleep in his room when the attacker entered the house and opened fire, killing him on the spot.

They said the killer suspected the deceased had killed his brother, Salim Khan.

The Tajori police registered a case against the killer.

Published in Dawn, May 18th, 2021