THATTA, May 26: Dr Zaibunissa Abdul Rehman, a well-reputed social reformer and a leading gynaecologist of lower Sindh, died in China on Saturday morning, says a message received here.

She had undergone liver transplant surgery in the Xiangya-III Hospital - a state run health facility in Changsha Hunan city.

Dr Zeb’s son Rahim said the family will never forget the ill-treatment they received by the hospital authorities. He said soon after operation, the hospital began building pressure on them to pay extra amount of the ICU or ventilator will be detached from the patient.

Initially, it was agreed that the patient would pay $70,000 as surgical expenses and another $200 daily if her stay in the intensive care exceeded seven days.

Post-operation complications developed which required regular haemodialysis, extending her stay in the ICU.

The hospital management started billing from $200 to $1,500 per day which was beyond the capacity of the family to pay.

Leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, surgeon Nisar Baloch, president Pakistan Medical Association Karachi chapter, Ansar Burney, Prof Tipu Sultan and others appealed to the ambassador of China to Pakistan, Mr Zang Chunxiang and Pakistani authorities to persuade China to waive off bills.

The body is expected to reach Pakistan on Monday. She will be buried in the ancestral graveyard, Mohammad Ali Shah at Mirpur Bathoro.