Decision to remove Kulssom Nawaz's life support to be taken on Monday: Shehbaz
Nawaz Sharif thanked the entire nation for praying for her wifes recovery
LONDON (Dunya News) – Former Punjab CM and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that former first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz was still on ventilator and the decision whether to remove her life support or not will be taken on Monday.
Talking to media outside Harley Street Clinic in London on Saturday, he said that the doctors will have a detail check up on Monday and will decide whether to remove Kulsoom Nawaz from life support or not.
The PML-N president said that the aim of his visit was to inquire about the health of former first lady.
Shehbaz further prayed for her sister-in-law’s quick recovery.
Talking to media, former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif thanked the entire nation for praying for her wife’s recovery.
Earlier, Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz had said that she hasn’t seen her mother regained consciousness since she arrived in London.
She said that the doctors weren’t saying anything about her mother’s condition.
Maryam Nawaz while praying swift recovery of the former first lady said that she was still on ventilator (life support machine).
Previously, the health of former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif’s wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz had deteriorated following a cardiac arrest at a hospital in London, where she was undergoing treatment following throat cancer surgery.
The former first woman she suffered cardiac arrest and fell unconscious after suffering large pulmonary embolism.
On Wednesday, she was readmitted to the London’s Harley Street Clinic after her condition deteriorated, due to which she was taken to the emergency unit where she was being constantly monitored.
The ex-premier, his sons Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were also present in the hospital.
Meanwhile, the Sharif family including Maryam Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif had appealed the nation for his mother.
Shehbaz Sharif said on twitter that Begum Kulsoom had collapsed in the ICU and not regained consciousness since.
In 2017, Kulsoom Nawaz was diagnosed with throat cancer after which she was undergoing treatment in London.
