–Punjab health minister says ex-PM ‘suffered minor heart attack on Saturday’, platelet count reaches 45,000
–Nawaz likely to be shifted to Sharif Medical City Hospital in Raiwind in next few days
LAHORE: The health of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is undergoing medical treatment at the Services Hospital for the last five days, is still critical with fluctuation in his platelets and an angina attack making the condition worse.
According to Nawaz Sharif’s multiple medical test reports, he has been suffering from diabetes, stress, kidney complications, heart disease, and thrombocytopenia.
The doctors gave him blood thinning drugs after he tested positive for cardiac Troponin T or Troponin I medical tests, which indicate damage to heart muscles.
A troponin test measures the levels of cardiac troponin T or troponin I proteins in the blood. These proteins are released when the heart muscle has been damaged. The more damage there is to the heart, the greater the amount of troponin T and I, there will be in the blood.
Sources said that a medical board examining Nawaz’s health could give him permission to travel abroad for medical treatment if his platelet count recovers to 50,000 and he doesn’t encounter any heart complications.
The medical board has decided to continue Nawaz Sharif’s treatment with immunoglobulin injections in light of the test reports.
It has recommended that the patient needed at least 80 more immunoglobulin injections as these injections can help prevent the patient’s internal bleeding and increase platelets.
According to media reports, Nawaz is expected to be shifted to the Sharif Medical City Hospital in Raiwind within the next few days.
According to reports, paperwork for Nawaz’s bail would be completed within the next few days before he is shifted to the hospital in Raiwind which had been built by the Sharif family.
Sources reported that different medical tests of Nawaz, including ECGs, have come out normal. His platelet count is 45,000 per microliter of blood, which shows a marked improvement, adding that the medics treating Nawaz are also satisfied with his blood pressure and blood sugar levels. However, the medical board has advised the family to reduce visits so that the ailing politician could have proper rest to recuperate.
MARYAM SHIFTED TO HOSPITAL:
In a related development, ex-PM’s daughter Maryam Nawaz has been shifted from the Kot Lakhpat Jail to the Services Hospital to inquire about her father’s health.
Her transfer to the hospital was decided in the consultative meeting of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and Governor Chaudhry Sarwar.
Moreover, she also underwent a medical examination at the hospital and has been shifted to the very next room of Nawaz.
A six-member medical board, headed by Services Hospital Principal Mahmood Ayaz, on Thursday diagnosed the reason for Nawaz Sharif’s declining health.
“It is acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a bleeding disorder, in which the immune system destroys platelets,” a board member said, adding doctors were hopeful that his condition would improve in a few days.
Meanwhile, Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said that Nawaz Sharif’s disease has been identified and he was being given treatment.
“He suffered a minor heart attack but his heart muscles were not damaged,” she said, while talking to the media.
Rashid said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) should not do politics over his health.
“Nawaz Sharif’s platelets have increased to 45,000 and his blood pressure and sugar is in control,” she said, adding that upon recommendations of a medical board, the ex-premier was being given medicines for rehabilitation.
She further revealed that Nawaz Sharif had suffered angina pain last night, and his bone marrow functioned normally.
“His previous and the current ECG medical report doesn’t show any difference,” she stated, adding that he has been suffering through heart ailments for a long time. “Nawaz Sharif is satisfied by the treatment being given to him,” she concluded.
