Petition filed in SC seeking transfer of Imran Khan to Shifa Hospital

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan seeking the transfer of jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital for medical treatment.

The petition was submitted by his legal counsel, including Latif Khosa, Shehbaz Khosa and Hamza Sattar.

According to the plea, the PTI founder should be immediately shifted to Shifa Hospital for a medical examination, particularly for an eye check-up by a specialist.

The petition further requested that Khan’s personal physicians, Dr Faisal Sultan and Dr Asim Yousaf, be granted access to him. It urged the court to allow his medical examination and treatment under the supervision of his personal doctors.

A day earlier Imran Khan was brought to PIMS Hospital for a follow-up check-up, where he was administered a second injection to treat the affected eye and help restore his vision.

For follow-up treatment of his eye condition, PTI founder Imran Khan was shifted to PIMS Hospital. According to the hospital administration, he was transferred from Adiala Jail to PIMS, where he was given the second dose of an anti-VEGF intravitreal injection.

According to PIMS administration, a consultant cardiologist performed echocardiography and an ECG, both of which were normal. The procedure was carried out under the supervision of consultant ophthalmologists and a consultant vitreoretinal surgeon from PIMS and Shifa Eye Hospital. It was performed as a day-care surgery.

The hospital administration further stated that the PTI founder was discharged with follow-up advice and a prescription. A board of specialists examined him prior to the procedure.