KARACHI, May 29: Medical examination of a woman claiming that her newborn baby was kidnapped from the National Institute of Child Health last week has shown that she has no signs of recent delivery.

Investigators took Shazia, 25, to the Civil Hospital, where she underwent medical examination by senior lady Medico-Legal Officer Dr Fareeda Ayaz and Resident Medical Officer Dr Khalda, in charge of the CHK gynaecology ward.

Following the examination, the doctors issued a written statement to police stating that the woman had not gone through delivery in recent months, as no sings of pregnancy and delivery were found in her gynaecological examination.

Earlier, the same opinion was given by Prof Shireen Bhutta of the gynaecology ward of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, but police opted for an opinion from the Civil Hospital on Monday.

The couple had lodged an FIR with Saddar police on May 25, stating that their newborn child had been kidnapped from the NICH. When the couple raised hue and cry, they were thrown out of the hospital by security guards, they alleged.

When the findings were conveyed to the home minister, he issued instructions that the woman should be re-examined in the Aga Khan Hospital.

Police on Monday took the complainant woman to the KMC Maternity Home in Nazimabad, where, according to the couple, they had initially gone for consultation and the doctors there had refereed her to the JPMC.

The staff there claimed that the patient had not visited the maternity home, asking why they would refer the patient to the JPMC if it was a case of normal delivery.

Investigators told Dawn that Shazia had identified several doctors and nurses, claiming that they had come in contact with her. However, investigations revealed that most of the staff identified by her had been off duty on the day they were alleged to have been contacted by her.

Commenting on the case, Dr Shershah Syed, a leading gynaecologist, said that sometimes a woman went through a psychological state called `pseudo pregnancy’. Desperation to get pregnant because of social or family pressure in some cases made a woman pose to be pregnant, he said.

A JPMC doctor said the couple should undergo a psychiatric evaluation with medical examination to ascertain the ability of the woman and her husband to have children.

A police official said the couple faced legal action for lodging a false FIR.

The report of the woman’s medical examination in Aga Khan Hospital is expected on Tuesday.