ISLAMABAD: A five-member medical board of Pakistan Institute of MedicalSciences (Pims) that examined the ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif inCentral Jail, Rawalpindi, concluded there was no acute medical problem withsome issues, saying the patient was well-oriented in time and space.
The board constituted by Pims consisted of Pims Joint Executive Director DrEjaz Qadeer, Head of Cardiology Department Dr Muhammad Naeem Malik, Head ofNephrology Department Dr Sohail Tanveer, Head of Gastroenterology DrMashood Ali, and Professor of General Medicine D. Shajee Ahmed Siddiqi.
The board was constituted on request of jail authorities to examine theousted premier for a second opinion after examination by two cardiologistsof the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology found him dehydrated, suggestinghospitalisation to avoid cardiac and diabetic complications.
Keeping in mind his diabetic and dehydration because of hot and humidweather increase sweating and poor sleep. The physicians had warned that hewas heading towards an acute renal failure, diabetic ketoacidosis and mayhave cardiac events like arrhythmias and acute coronary syndrome.
However, the Pims medical board assessed that the blood tests and urinetests were normal except his urea level, which was 64, and creatinine was1.3. Some blood tests and echocardiography will be done today (Tuesday) andthe patient will be reexamined by the same medical board after the resultsare available.
The medical board maintained that the patient needed fluids, re-hydrationand comfortable environment. It recommended that a follow-up check-up maybe closely monitored by a personal physician