Table 2 Hospital capacity across Pakistan
Number of beds | Number of ICU beds | Number of HDU beds | Ventilators | Population [20] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 51,592 (100%) | 1560 (100%) | 1105 (100%) | 1185 (100%) | 207,684,626 |
Punjab (n = 33) | 23,100 (44.77%) | 684 (43.85%) | 152 (13.76%) | 560 (47.26%) | 112,019,014 |
Sindh (n = 30) | 12,463 (24.16%) | 515 (33.01%) | 431 (39.00%) | 273 (23.04%) | 30,439,893 |
KPK (n = 31) | 13,157 (25.50%) | 262 (16.79%) | 492 (44.52%) | 287 (24.22%) | 30,523,371 |
Balochistan (n = 1) | 1062 (2.06%) | 10 (6.41%) | 20 (1.81%) | 3 (0.25%) | 12,344,408 |
Gilgit-Baltistan (n = 6) | 410 (0.80%) | 31 (1.99%) | 0 (0.00%) | 26 (2.19%) | 1,249,000 (est.) |
AJK (n = 5) | 1400 (2.71%) | 58 (3.71%) | 10 (0.91%) | 36 (3.04%) | 4,045,366 |
Healthcare sector | |||||
Public (n = 76) | 43,495 (84.31%) | 1145 (73.40%) | 1075 (97.29%) | 903 (76.20%) | |
Private (n = 26) | 6247 (12.11%) | 333 (21.35%) | 30 (2.71%) | 253 (21.35%) | |
Philanthropy-based (n = 4) | 1850 (3.58%) | 82 (5.26%) | 0 (0.00%) | 29 (2.45%) | |
Healthcare setting | |||||
Metro (n = 60) | 36,378 (70.51%) | 1136 (72.82%) | 518 (46.88%) | 834 (70.38%) | |
Rural (n = 46) | 15,214 (29.49%) | 424 (27.20%) | 587 (53.12%) | 351 (29.62%) | |