Nawaz Sharif is “fighting for life” after a drastic drop in his blood platelet count, a media report quoted his doctor as saying on Tuesday, days after Pakistan’s former prime minister was rushed from prison to a hospital.
Sharif, 69, was admitted to the Services Hospital on Monday night from the anti-graft body’s custody after his platelets dropped to a critical low level of 2,000.
Sharif’s physician Dr Adnan Khan said in a series of tweets that “Former PM #NawazSharif, critically unwell, is fighting the battle for his health & life. Thrombocytopenia (Low Platelet Count) & NSTEMI (Heart Attack) is further complicated by deteriorating Kidney functions. Poor Blood Sugar & Blood Pressure control is taking its toll,” Geo News reported. The former prime minister on Saturday also sustained an angina attack while undergoing medication.
Khan said that the poor blood sugar and blood pressure had also taken a toll on the former premier’s health, the report said.
The doctor further said, “Pending Scans/Biopsies, diagnostic dilemma still ensues from multiple complex pathologies & co-morbidities.” The chief executive of Sharif Medical City said that the doctors were also facing difficulty in establishing a definitive diagnosis and subsequent management poses a considerable risk to Sharif’s health.
According to the new test report on Sunday, the blood platelet count of Sharif has fallen from 45,000 to 25,000 within a day.
Hospital sources said the former premier had lost close to seven kilos since he had been admitted to the hospital. They added that before being admitted this weight was 107 kilos and right now it had gone down to 100 kilos.
