SHARIF SHIFTED TO HOSPITAL AS HIS HEALTH DETERIORATES
Islamabad, July 29: Jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was on Sunday admitted to the country’s top hospital on the orders of Pakistan’s caretaker government, after his health deteriorated in the high- security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
Mr Sharif, 68, is serving a 10- year jail term in a corruption case over his family’s purchase of luxury apartments in London. He has been lodged in the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi since July 13.
Doctors conducted a check- up of Mr Sharif after he complained of chest pain and advised that he immediately be shifted to a coronary care unit ( CCU) of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences ( PIMS) in Islamabad, Geo news reported.
The decision to shift Mr Sharif to hospital was taken by the Punjab government.
Islamabad, July 29: Jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was on Sunday admitted to the country’s top hospital on the orders of Pakistan’s caretaker government, after his health deteriorated in the high- security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
Mr Sharif, 68, is serving a 10- year jail term in a corruption case over his family’s purchase of luxury apartments in London. He has been lodged in the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi since July 13. Doctors conducted a check- up of Mr Sharif after he complained of chest pain and advised that he immediately be shifted to a coronary care unit ( CCU) of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences ( PIMS) in Islamabad, Geo news reported.
The decision to shift Sharif to hospital was taken by the Punjab government which has administrative control of the Adiala jail after a team of doctors recommended that Sharif needed proper medication and care as he has been suffering from acute pain in both his arms, likely due to lack of adequate blood circulation.
Last week, it was reported that Sharif is on the verge of a kidney failure. Doctors recommended to shift him to hospital immediately. Doctors had advised Sharif’s transfer to hospital after an electrocardiogram had shown “variations”, Punjab home minister Shaukat Javed told staterun PTV.