KARACHI, July 6: When a man who went to a private hospital for the removal of his gal bladder found that he was instead deprived of his right kidney, he had a case registered on Thursday night against the doctors and paramedics he believed were responsible for the act.

Mohammad Kashif, a shopkeeper and resident of Gulistan-i-Jauhar, felt pain in his abdomen. He went to different doctors and after medical tests, he came to know that stones had developed in his gal bladder. The doctors advised him to get his gal bladder removed.

Having consulted different doctors, he decided to get admitted to a private hospital in Block-L, North Nazimabad, where he was under treatment of Dr Syed Kashif Mateen. The patient and his family were told that the operation would take 90 minutes.

The surgery was performed on Mohammad Kashif on May 7 in the hospital but its duration stretched to four-and-a-half hours. Kashif’s family was shown a gal bladder containing stones, and after a few days he was discharged from the hospital. Kashif said he felt pain and went to the doctor again. Being dissatisfied with the treatment, he consulted other doctors and after medical tests, to his horror, he came to know that he was deprived of his right kidney whereas the affected gal bladder was in its place.

After it was confirmed by medical reports, he went to the Taimuria police station and got an FIR (280/06) registered under section 334/406 of the PPC against the relevant surgeon and paramedics.