Doctor prescribes pacemaker for Nawaz

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LAHORE: Doctors at the Sharif Medical City (SMC) on Tuesday examined former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

Speaking to reporters after conducting checkup, Mr Sharif’s personal physician Dr Adnan Khan said pacemaker should be implanted in his body permanently to regulate his heartbeat.

“The roadmap for his health has not yet finalised. We cannot tell how long his treatment will continue,” he said.

Mr Sharif was released from the Kot Lakhpat jail on March 27 in Al-Azizia Steel Mills case after the Supreme Court granted him bail for six weeks allowing him to get medical treatment from doctors of his choice in the country.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2019

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M.Mudassir Siddiqui

Apr 10, 2019 10:55am

cannot trust

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Gordon D. Walker

Apr 10, 2019 11:10am

Pacemaker... Is there a doctor in London that could install this device? Gordon D. Walker Canada

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SAK

Apr 10, 2019 11:17am

Such like excuses will keep surfacing till prison period is not over.

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Khalil

Apr 10, 2019 11:19am

Permanent pacemaker can be inserted as a day case and is not a big deal.

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Apr 10, 2019 11:38am

A real Drama maker...............

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Saif Zulfiqar

Apr 10, 2019 12:05pm

Nawaz is ready to die but will not tell the truth about looting Pakistan in this life.

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M. Saeed

Apr 10, 2019 12:36pm

The prescribed procedure would demand his sure visit abroad.

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Anti-Corruption_Pakistani

Apr 10, 2019 01:49pm

Implanting pacemaker is a minor routine procedure that can be done in Pakistan, but Nawaz Sharif will use this an excuse to travel to London and probably will not come back. In simple words, he is saying 'catch me if you can' and bye bye Pakistan. Don't let him get away using his minor health issue as an excuse to avoid serving his jail sentence - set an example, otherwise, people like Asif Zardari will use such excuses in the future. (Gharib Awam ki Awaz).

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Vikas

Apr 10, 2019 01:49pm

Good now the same doctor must prescribe a peace maker for PMIK. That will set Pakistan on a better path.

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Kashif Sekha

Apr 10, 2019 02:21pm

Nawaz can. Have 10 pace makers but only after he returns looted wealth. Dramas on.mefical grounds be stopped. convicted person cannot even think.of treatment outside Jail. PM and Judiciary already given in to convict. They hot be strict on line with other convicts.

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Ahsan Gul

Apr 10, 2019 03:59pm

Big time crook supported by crook doctors. Of course those doctors were beneficiaries of his looted benevolence. Put him back in jail unless he is ready to return the loot.

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NACParis

Apr 10, 2019 04:48pm

Why doesn't he stop this drama, refund the looted wealth and leave the nation in peace

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Concerned

Apr 10, 2019 08:04pm

He needs to be sent UK immediately no one in Pakistan can implant peacemaker a statement you will hear soon

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M. Saeed

Apr 10, 2019 09:40pm

Let the courts decide if our experts are good enough to install pacemakers with enough guarantees.

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Parvez

Apr 11, 2019 12:36am

I today's day and age of advanced medical treatment ...... this can only be termed as high political DRAMA bordering on the ridiculous.

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moeazze

Apr 11, 2019 03:28am

Big deal. These days this is a very easy and common procedure. can be done in Pakistan and no need to go to London.

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Ahsan Gul

Apr 11, 2019 03:38am

He should not be allowed to leave. He was the most incompetent and corrupt person that Pakistan will ever see.

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Imran

Apr 11, 2019 03:48am

Dont worry folks, I have been working to alert GMC and the private doctors authority in UK who could potentially do it....it is a crime in UK now to engage in any financial dealing with anyone who has committed/suspected of money laundering....this man is a convicted criminal....no professional would touch him with a barge pole even if he offers them a billion dollars.....wait and see.

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Saad Khan

Apr 11, 2019 05:23am

@Concerned , None in the History of the World, a prisoner was sent to another country for treatment, and he is a prisoner.

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