As per the government’s directives, if you suspect that you may have symptoms, including fever, coughing or shortness of breath, call the state helpline (1166) or your healthcare provider. Officials and health experts recommend that you visit the hospital or doctor immediately suggested by the helpline set up for coronavirus.
You may also contact a private laboratory to be tested. While, private labs are charging upwards to Rs7,900 for each test, designated public hospitals are testing free of cost. The results will be reported back to you within two days (48 hours).
Below is a list of hospitals in all major cities, which are testing for coronavirus:
Lahore
- Services Hospital
Rawalpindi
- Benazir Bhutto Hospital
Multan
- Nishtar Hospital
Sialkot
- Allama Iqbal Memorial Hospital
Faisalabad
- Allama Iqbal Memorial Hospital
- Allied Hospital
Rahimyar Khan
- Sheikh Zayed Hospital
Karachi
Public
- Civil Hospital
- Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre
Private
- Aga Khan University Hospital
- Dow Medical College
Hyderabad
- Liaquat Hospital
Quetta
- Fatima Jinnah General and Chest Hospital
Peshawar
- Muhammad Teaching Hospital
- Jinnah Teaching Hospital
- Prime Teaching Hospital
- Painless Hospital
- Khalil Hospital
- Zia Medical Complex
- Mercy Teaching Hospital
- Kuwait Teaching
- Naseer Teaching Hospital
- MSF Hospital
- Afridi Medical Complex
- Shahab Orthopedic Hospital
- Rehman Medical Institute
- North Western General Hospital
- Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital
- Akbar Medical Centre
- Abaseen Hospital
- Habib Medical Centre
- Ibrahimi Hospital
Islamabad
- Pakistan Institute of Management (PIMS)
Gilgit Baltistan
- Civil Hospital Hunza
- DHQ Gilgit
- DHQ Chilas
- DHQ Skardu
- PDSRU
- DHQ Karimabad
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- Abbas Institute Of Medical Sciences, Muzaffarabad
- Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Hospital Muzaffarabad (CMH.)
- CMH Rawalkot
- DHQ Mirpur
- DHQ Kotli
- DHQ Neelum
- DHQ Jhelum Valley
- DHQ Bagh
- DHQ Haveli
- DHQ Bhimber
- DHQ Hospital Sudhnoti
The National Institute of Health is the main referral center for the country.
Sindh, by far, remains the most affected province with 15 out of 21 cases. Of the initial 15 cases, the tally dropped to 13 on Thursday after Sindh chief minister’s law adviser, Murtaza Wahab, announced that two of the coronavirus patients had recovered.
In Karachi, only a handful of hospitals are providing test and treatment services to suspected cases.
The helpline to call for suspected cases in Sindh is: 021-99204405, 021-99206565, 021-99203443, 021-99204405, 0316-0111712
*The information was provided by the ministry of health
