LAHORE: A fresh medical report of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was submitted in the Lahore High Court (LHC), in which the PML-N supremo was advised against travelling to Pakistan on account of definitive medical treatment.
The report was submitted by Advocate Amjad Pervez during a hearing of the Chaudhry Sugar Mills (CSM) case, in which members of the Sharif family have been accused of being involved in money laundering.
A three pages report authored by Dr Fayaz Shawal, cardiologist, stated: “If Nawaz returns to Pakistan without undergoing a definitive treatment in London, the stress of living again in a solitary confinement as well loss of a partner can further compromise his cardiac status before definitive treatment can be rendered.”
The report also recommended Nawaz to continue “routine walks in open fields as well as stress-free physical activity. The report stated that the ex-premier needed to stay close to the medical facilities he had been getting his treatment from till he gets coronary angiography”.
Sharing details of Nawaz’s medical history, Dr Shawl noted that the PML-N supremo had undergone extensive investigations since he arrived in London in 2019, and the investigations confirmed that “he has significant ischemia (a condition in which the blood flow is restricted or reduced in a part of the body) in the distribution of his left circumflex artery”.
Dr Shawl said depending on his angiography results, Nawaz may need “either complex coronary intervention […] or to again undergo CABGS (coronary artery bypass graft surgery)”.
It also barred him from going to crowded spaces due to Covid-19. “His co-morbidities make him a “high risk” candidate for health, respiratory failure, etc. should he contract Covid-19 infection,” it added.
The report recommended that Nawaz Sharif should remain on medical treatment in London under the care of doctors with multiple specialties. “Moreover, these facilities have provided him the best of care so far without further acute coronary syndromes which he had sustained before his arrival to London, given his complex health issues,” it added.
Similarly, he was “strongly advised to manage his stress to the maximum extent to avoid what happened during his imprisonment (had two episodes of NSTEMI [ a type of heart attack] due to stress)”, the doctor added.
Meanwhile, the Punjab government recently constituted a nine-member special medical board to examine the documents submitted as medical reports of the former premier by his UK physician, Dr David Lawrence, and give its expert medical opinion regarding the patient’s physical condition and his ability to travel back to Pakistan.
However, the board members claimed that they could not give a structured opinion on Nawaz’s condition or ability to travel without details of his current clinical evaluation, blood reports, imaging results and procedures.
