Pakistan’s Air Pollution Sends Hundreds of People to Hospital

  • Offices are instructed to operate at reduced capacity on site
  • Provincial government will review restriction after Nov. 17
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More than 900 people have been admitted to hospital in a single day in the Pakistani megacity of Lahore due to air pollution, the local government said.

Children and elderly people were among those who had to urgently see a doctor for respiratory conditions and throat infections, senior provincial minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said at a press conference on Wednesday.