LONDON – Begum Kulsoom Nawaz’s vital organs are working well and formerpremier’s wife even opened her eyes once after being put on life support,Geo News has reported.
Earlier in the day, doctors treating Begum Kulsoom told former primeminister Nawaz Sharif her condition was highly critical.
In a briefing to the Sharif family, the five-member board of doctors sharedthat Begum Kulsoom would not be taken off the ventilator for now and askedNawaz to wait for another review of her condition, the timeline of whichhas not been given at the moment.
Sources said that the doctors informed Nawaz, Maryam and Shehbaz Sharifthat Begum Kulsoom’s condition has not deteriorated but has not improvedsignificantly either since last Thursday.
Speaking to the reporters, Nawaz’s son Hussain Nawaz requested the nationto pray for his mother’s health and added that Kulsoom will be on theventilator for an indefinite period.
The ex-prime minister’s wife was admitted to the hospital on June 14 aftersuffering a cardiac arrest and has been on life support since.
Nawaz and his daughter, Maryam, reached London the same day to tend toBegum Kulsoom.
Nawaz did not talk to reporters while leaving the clinic on Tuesday whereasMaryam only commented that her mother’s condition was “not too good”.