Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences(PIMS) in Islamabad for his second follow-up eye treatment in the wee hours of Tuesday. Imran Khan was brought to the hospital for a second dose of anti-VEGF intra-vitreal injection on February 24, say the doctor at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, PIMS.
Imran’s eye ailment, right central retinal vein occlusion, came to light in the late January. His first medical procedure, which was carried out in January 24 and was confirmed by the government five days later.
Since then, the government and opposition are at loggerheads with each other, engaging in a blame game, while the government, with his party, PTI, is constantly blaming the government for deliberately deteriorating the eye condition of Imran Khan by not providing him the proper medical facilities and treatment on time. PTI also criticized the government for exercising a lack of transparency on the matter and not ensuring appropriate treatment for Imran Khan. They are continuously demanding the government to allow Imran Khan to meet his personal physicians and family during this time.
However, the government has denied these allegations. The procedure was performed as a daycare surgery and the PIMS doctor said about the PIMS doctor said about Imran Khan’s treatment.
The doctors claim that Imran Khan remained vitally stable before, during and after the procedure and were discharged along with instructions for care, follow-up advice in the documents, the doctor said.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhary in a post on X said that it was necessary to clarify that the government took Imran Khan to PIMS under strict security arrangements while fulfilling all legal and humanitarian requirements. The government claims that he will be given a third injection for his eye third injection on March 24th. The minister says that providing prisoners with medical facilities was the state’s responsibility.
“According to doctors’ instructions, there was an improvement in the eyesight after the first procedure, keeping in view which expert physicians recommended a second procedure.
“Today’s process was completed successfully and after clearance from the medical team, he was shifted back to Adiala.”
Videos of him being taken to the hospital amid heavy security circulated on social media on Tuesday.
PTI in its statement on X demanded him being treated at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad. Sharing the footage, PTI said:”The situation demands transparency, not secrecy. The illegitimate regime’s clandestine actions only give rise to more questions. What are they hiding? Imran Khan must be taken to Shifa International Hospital for independent and transparent medical care.”
Meanwhile, Chairman Barrister Gohar said he was informed regarding the procedure of Imran Khan through a text message at 2 AM.
“At 2 o’clock this morning, I was informed through a message that Khan Sahab had been brought to PIMS Hospital for an injection. I had no prior information about this. Our demand remains the same even today: that Khan Sahab should undergo a complete medical check-up and treatment at Shifa International Hospital in the presence of his own doctors and family members,” said Barrister Gohar Khan in a tweet.
Aleema Khan, sister of Imran Khan, strongly reacted to the alleged treatment of former prime minister in secrecy.
In a long demand, she put forth her demand get Imran Khan treated at the Shifa International Hospital.
“From the news, we found out that Imran Khan was taken to PIMS again in the middle of the night, supposedly for his second injection in the eye. When the law requires that family be informed before any medical procedure is conducted on a prisoner, why was the family not informed?”
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“We do not trust the diagnosis or test reports from Government medical facilities. There are already reports coming from PIMS that the doctors are being threatened with serious consequences if any information is leaked about Imran Khan.”
“What are they Hiding? Our family rejects their reports even if they issue these doctored reports to the public. We stand by our demand that Imran Khan be examined and treated in Shifa International (Islamabad) by specialists, under the supervision of Imran Khan’s personal doctors and in the presence of his family. PIMS (Govt Hospital) is not equipped to treat anyone for the alleged condition that has developed in Imran Khan’s eye.”
“It is criminal what this Government is doing, and they will be held accountable for each and every violation and crime they are committing against Imran Khan,” said Aleema Khanum in a tweet.
