Tag: Mayo Hospital

  • Hospitals’ negligence cause patient’s death

    Hospitals’ negligence cause patient’s death

    A fruit seller in critical condition has died in a private ambulance after four hospitals in Lahore, including Services and Ghulab Devi, allegedly refused treatment, Dawn reports.

    The patient, Iftikhar Ali, 57 years old and a father to seven children, had been in a road accident a few weeks back, fracturing his leg. He was taken to Mayo Hospital for surgery, where he had a rod fixed in his leg. 

    According to the family, Iftikhar experienced complications only a few days after being discharged from Mayo. He complained of severe pain in the leg and experiencing breathing issues. Pus was reportedly oozing out of the wound as well.

    When he was brought back, Mayo Hospital refused to admit Iftikhar and reportedly asked him to wait at home. One of the family members shared details of how a doctor suggested the family take Iftikhar to a private hospital in Lahore Cantt.

    The family alleges that they were carelessly referred from one hospital to the next. Iftikhar’s family explained he was admitted to a private hospital a week back where the patient underwent another surgery.

    During this time, the family sold household items to arrange Rs600,000 for the treatment. However, the hospital administration requested an additional Rs400,000, due to the ‘deposit having been drained’. 

    When the family demonstrated their inability to afford more than the stipulated amount, the hospital discharged the patient three days after admission. They suggested Iftikhar be taken to any government hospital for ‘free treatment’.

    Government hospitals Ghulab Devi and Services both denied Iftikhar admittance and treatment. At Ghulab Devi, doctors refused to admit the patient on the excuse that they visited the hospital “too late at night”, according to Iftikhar’s family.

    A similar fate was encountered at Services, where doctors allegedly paid no heed to the family’s repeated request for admission, being asked to revisit OPD (out-patient department) any other day.

    According to Dawn, the matter of denying treatment to the patient by public hospitals was in the knowledge of caretaker health minister Professor Javed Akram.

    He expressed his guilt for the alleged criminal negligence on the part of hospital staff, saying that he would take up the matter with the higher authorities.

  • PTI’s Yasmin Rashid admits that she knew who brought Ali Bilal to hospital in a black Vigo

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Dr Yasmin Rashid has revealed that she knows Raja Shakeel, the owner of the vehicle [Black Vigo] that brought deceased party worker Ali Bilal to the hospital where he breathed his last.

    It appears that the former provincial minister knew the information since two days but didn’t reveal it despite the speculation on social media about how Bilal reached the hospital.

    When asked on Geo News‘ show ‘Naya Pakistan‘ why she kept quiet, she replied, “Do you think I am always on social media, I have other important things to do as well.”

    She said that when she was going to Bilal’s funeral, she was informed by Raja Shakeel himself that he and his guard picked up Bilal who was lying on the side of the road.

    Earlier, Interim Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi said that Ali Bilal lost his life in a car accident and not due to custodial torture by the Punjab police.

    He claimed that Shakeel informed Yasmin Rashid that Bilal was hit by a car. Later, Rashid also informed party leaders about it at Zaman Park.

    On March 8, PTI workers were picked up by the police when a clash took place just before a scheduled election rally.

    Later, the party leadership claimed that Bilal was tortured and killed while in police custody. Bilal’s postmortem report, issued by the Mayo Hospital, says the victim suffered “massive blunt trauma”, while a fracture to his skull and subsequent bleeding has been cited as the cause of death. The report also noted damage to his liver, spleen, and testes, which led to profuse bleeding.

  • CIA joins investigation of Lahore blast, arrest suspects

    CIA joins investigation of Lahore blast, arrest suspects

    The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) has joined the Lahore bomb blast investigation and will interrogate the case with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), reports Dawn.

    Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Rao Sardar Ali Khan also announced that the CIA has been assigned to investigate the probe beside the CTD.

    Law enforcement agencies have started their search operations all over the city and arrested some accused on the suspicion of their alleged involvement in the Lahore bomb blast.

    The CIA chief held a meeting on Friday after investigating the crime scene and also sent teams to inspect the roads that the prime suspect could have used the route for escape from the crime scene.

    He said, “We have dispatched teams to all the bus stations, railway stations, and exit-entry points of the provincial capital.”

    He also added that the regional police officers and district police officers of Punjab have also been given orders by the IGP to be vigilant for intensifying the security to track down the culprits.

    Sources shared with Dawn the initial development that the law enforcers received a tip-off about the presence of suspects in the area near Anarkali market and other locations of the city. The investigative team has received some important leads through CCTV video and call records.

    Meanwhile, officials refused to confirm any major development as the interrogation is still underway.

    On Thursday, a bomb blast took place in Lahore near Pan Mandi in New Anarkali in which three people died and 28 people were injured. The injured people were shifted to Mayo Hospital. 20 people who were injured got discharged from Mayo Hos­pital whereas eight victims are still under treatment.

    While replying to Dawn, an official source revealed that there is a “strong possibility” of the Baloch Nationalist Army’s involvement behind the bomb blast.

  • Private torture cell found in Lahore’s Mayo Hospital

    A private torture cell has been found at Lahore’s Mayo Hospital, Jang News has reported. The torture cell was run by Zohaib, the janitorial supervisor at Mayo Hospital, who used to arrest and torture people.

    In a video received by Geo News, Zohaib can be seen torturing people.

    Zohaib picked up patients on suspicion of theft and drug trafficking and tortured them.

    Mayo Hospital Medical Superintendent (MS) Dr Iftikhar fired three employees, including Zohaib. Dr Iftikhar said that he has formed a three-member inquiry committee to investigate the matter. As per reports, the inquiry committee will complete the investigation within 24 hours and submit a report to the MS.

  • Security guard arrested for posing as qualified doctor, performing surgery

    Security guard arrested for posing as qualified doctor, performing surgery

    Lahore police have arrested a security guard of Mayo Hospital for pretending to be a qualified doctor and performing surgery.

    As per reports, a woman was rushed to the hospital for treatment of her wound in the back. On an emergency basis, the patient was shifted to the surgical building.

    The suspect, Waheed Butt, a security guard, met the patient’s family portraying himself as a doctor and decided to perform surgery on the patient for a few thousand rupees. He operated on the injury with the involvement of an OT (operation theatre) technician.

    Read more – Woman declared dead by hospital returns to life a day later

    The security guard also went to the patient’s home twice for the dressing of the wound, but it worsened with blood and pain and she was again taken to the hospital’s emergency room, where the truth was revealed. The hospital administration handed over the fake doctor to the police while the OT technician was sacked.

  • PTI MPA passes away two days after testing positive for coronavirus

    PTI MPA passes away two days after testing positive for coronavirus

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member of Punjab Assembly Shaheen Raza passed away on Wednesday, two days after she tested positive for coronavirus and was shifted to an isolation ward at Lahore’s Mayo Hospital.

    While the cause of death earlier remained unclear as Mayo Hospital CEO Dr Asad Aslam said she was also a patient of blood pressure and diabetes, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar confirmed that his colleague had succumbed to COVID-19.

    He separately also expressed a deep sense of sorrow and grief over the death, and extended sympathies to the bereaved family.

    On Saturday night, Raza was quarantined at a district headquarters (DHQ) hospital after symptoms of coronavirus. Her test sample was sent to a laboratory that on Sunday confirmed she had contracted the deadly virus.

    On the instruction of CM Buzdar, the MPA was later shifted to Mayo Hospital and put on a ventilator.

    Raza becomes the first lawmaker in Pakistan to succumb to the virus that has so far claimed at least 324,970 lives across the globe and over 900 in Pakistan.

  • ‘Punjab hospitals cured 18 patients with anti-malaria drug, azithromycin,’ says expert

    Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Mayo Hospital and Corona Experts Advisory Group (CEAG) co-chairperson, Professor Dr Asad Aslam, has said that 18 patients of the new coronavirus — COVID-19 — were successfully treated with anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and antibiotic azithromycin during the past five days.

    According to reports, Dr Aslam on Thursday said that eight patients at Mayo Hospital, four at Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) and five at other hospitals of the province were administered the drugs during the past five days.

    “The patients were administered two tablets of hydroxychloroquine in the morning and two in the evening on the first day whereas, on the remaining four days, they were given one tablet in the morning and one in the evening. Simultaneously, they were given one tablet of azithromycin in the morning and one in the evening for five days.”

    He, however, urged people to avoid self-medication and said these medicines should only be used upon a doctor’s prescription because they could have serious side-effects, including hepatotoxicity (drug-induced liver damage), bone marrow suppression and risk of sudden death, especially when used with azithromycin and many other medications that can affect heart rhythm.

    Meanwhile, the Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan (MMIDSP) strongly advised against the inappropriate use and hoarding of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.

    According to Dawn, they said there was a lack of undisputed scientific evidence and the risk of adverse events. “Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine should only be used as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for COVID-19, under the supervision of an expert,” read a press release.

    It further said that the anti-malaria drugs were also used to treat immune system disorders.

    “Both these drugs have a new and emerging role in treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia (off-label) and a presumed role in prevention against the infection.”

    Experts associated with MMIDSP include infectious diseases physicians, clinical microbiologists and nurses who are trained in infection prevention and control.

  • CM Buzdar rubbishes reports of first COVID-19 death, says deceased tested negative

    Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar has rubbished reports claiming that the individual who passed away at Lahore’s Mayo Hospital was suffering from the new coronavirus — COVID-19 — and marked the first fatality in Pakistan due to the global pandemic.

    Earlier, it was reported that Pakistan’s first death due to coronavirus had been reported in Lahore. Reports that had come following a viral video that showed the deceased being brought out of the hospital in a coffin by staff in hazmat suits, had not drawn any official statements except Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid saying that results of the patient’s coronavirus test were still awaited.

    A private media outlet had, however, quoted health officials as saying that the patient “did die due to coronavirus”.

    “We have received test reports of Imran Ali, who lost his life in Mayo Hospital, and his cause of death was not #COVID19. So far Punjab has 8 confirmed cases and are being provided best available treatment [sic],” Buzdar tweeted later in the day.

    He further urged everyone “to act responsibly” in these testing times.