47 bodies of PIA plane crash victims shifted to PIMS

08 Dec, 2016

ISLAMABAD: PIMS Administrator Dr. Altaf Hussain Thursday confirmed that 47 bodies of PIA plane crash victims had been shifted to PIMS.

Taking to APP, he said all the victims bodies were shifted to OCH PIMS through 1122 and Edhi ambulances.

He said 24 samples had been collected from the family members of the deceased for DNA test while the PIMS hospital would continue receiving samples till completion process.

He said the complete identification process through DNA will take 6 to 7 days. He added besides PIMS technical assistance of other hospitals would be obtained in matching of DNA sequences.

He said best available facilities were being provided to the family members of the victims and a well-organized facilitation center had been formed at PIMS.

Arrangements had been made for the dead bodies of victims at district headquarters hospital Rawalpindi, PIMS, Federal Government Polyclinic and CMH.

The bodies of victims would remain at four hospital till completion of identification process.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2016

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