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Fauzia Wahab admitted to ICU in Karachi
Doctors have put Wahab on a ventilator, she had earlier undergone a gall bladder surgery.
Doctors have put Wahab on a ventilator, she had earlier undergone a gall bladder surgery. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD AZEEM/FILE
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Fauzia Wahab has fallen “seriously ill” and is currently undergoing treatment in an intensive care unit of a private hospital in Karachi, Express News reported Sunday.
Wahab, who had earlier undergone a gall bladder surgery, was admitted to Orthopaedic and Medical Institute (OMI) on Saturday night.
According to the PPP’s media cell the doctors have put her on a ventilator.
The PPP leadership has appealed to everyone to pray for her health.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s leader Babar Ghori and PPP’s Saeed Ghani, who were present at the hospital, told the media that her condition was serious.
Ghani said that Wahab is an important asset for the PPP.
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May Allah give her health (Amin)Recommend
MS. Wahab: Get Well Soon!!!
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Wishing you a quick recovery! Get well soon.
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May Allah give her health Amin
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Ms wahab, get well soon. ET… Could you please update with more details….?
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There is something courageous about this lady, may God help her recover quickly.
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May Allah bless her with good Health . Ameen Get well soon
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pray for her
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May Allah give her health. Amin.
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May Allah bless her with good health….
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May Allah (SWT) grant her complete health and quick recovery (amin) from the illness.
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Get well soon Madam! All prayers fir your quick recovery…InshAllah
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I wish her immediate recovery and complete health.
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May Allah bless her with gud health n she recovers soon
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Get well soon ! My prayers r with u.But why is she not taking treatment in a Govt hospital? Anybody has answer! Think what poor ppl do when they get brain hambridge!
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I pray for her early recovery. May Allah bless her with health – Amen.
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Wish her well…..
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I extend all our wishes on behalf of our PTI members and followers for her quick recovery and complete health.
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May Our LORD JESUS gives you all Health and Speedy Recovery Ma’am
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May Allah grant her a quick recovery I.A.
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ET u ate my comment (i hope u had ur lunch) please either don display it or display it completely
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Body fails when working under a lot of pressure, pressure from public
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The few good things coming out of this government is empowerment of women and Fauzia Wahab, Shiri Rehman etc have done a good job in this regard. Hope she recovers quickly. Prayers are with her.
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may god give her speedy recovery. ameen
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I have great admiration of Fauzia.She is honest and often defended her party indefensible.I pray for her rapid recovery.The God almighty can do without her next 100 yrs.
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I pray for her well being.
However, Gall bladder surgery is one of the least riskiest, one day operation if done Laparoscopicly. Unless the pancreas gets disturbed during operation which can result into pancretitis. Thats very dangerous.
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I hope she recovers and mends her ways.
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I pray for her … and most heartening thing is that humanity still exists in this quom … despite political rivalries we all are praying for her health … Alhmadulillah !Recommend
May She recover soon.
( Ameen )
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Have always felt she is a right person at the wrong place. Sympathy and prayers..
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How her condition became serious after gall bladder operation is something unfamiliar. Many people undergo this operation for removal of stones. What mess these doctors made, I don’t know.
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Women in Pakistan politics are real here’s of the country, I pray for fauzia wahab quick recoevery and her long life, she is an asset for the nation and she brought up her children and Mae them proud of her.
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Cholecystectomy is money spinner for Laparoscopists. If no diagnosis is made , blame it on the bladder ! . Doctors Dilemma is more relevant today than in the days of Bernard Shaw. I wish this Lady a speedy recovery.
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went for gallbladder surgery ended up in ICU …. WHY?. wishing a speedy recovery. .. could that have been prevented through a risk free system/procedures ?? if yes….why not dear hospital authorities and regulatory bodies ??Recommend
May she recover as soon as possible with the grace of Allah
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With lots of prayers for her quick recovery.
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May God give good health to Pakistan… She can and will go to London anyway
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We may not agree politically.. but nobody wants this to happen to anyone. May Allah give you speedy recovery. Ameen. Stay strong.
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I pray that Allah grants her a speedy recovery. Ameen.
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@Noble Tufail: Do you not realise that even from minor procedures, some patients have serious complications. I have seen patients in the US die following relatively benign procedures such as appendectomies. You are so quick to complain about facilities without knowing the facts. Do you think people in the US blame the system after a PE occurs following surgery? It can happen everyone but in other countries people realise that all surgery entails risks and complications- no matter how minor.
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I am not praying for her I leave her matter to Allah as they are insensitive about people of pakistan instead I pray for my fellow citizens who are in great misery since this government
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May God give her good health!
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I pray to Allah Taala for her early recovery. I also hope that after coming out of the hospital she will seek Allah Taala’s mercy and forgiveness for blindly supporting the most corrupt PM and President of our history.
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May ALLAH (SWT) bless her with health and speedy recovery and at the same time I pray to ALLAH (SWT) to her vision to see through between right and wrong.
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@Stenson Yes people do hold the systems not the people accountable if something goes wrong in US. I wish you had read about Dr.Donald.M.Berwick’s work. His (IOM)’s landmark report “to err is human” was first published in 2001 that opened the eyes of the world to a horrible phenomenon of unsafe conditions in healthcare industry, despite the most modern, technologically equipped,best skills mixed hospitals. Errors still happen not because of individual performance but because of poorly designed systems. It recommended that we must design such a system that prevents errors and promotes patient safety continuously. I am sure your threshold of “acceptable/expected” error will be different in case of your own loved one isn’t it ?? now she is on ventilator what if she God forbid ends up with VAP (ventilator associated pneumonia) apparently with no one’s deliberate error but through a weakly defined infection control program of ICU .. is it still acceptable?? to me of course not .. the hospital did not admit her to treat Pneumonia or cholecystectomy complications but for a simple cholecystectomy. Good hospitals benchmark their rate of complications with similar hospital around them and of course an acceptable level of complications (being unsafe) is drawn, however efforts can and should not stop to eliminate the errors because we pledge to “do no harm” and promote safety…. and US does not set any gold standard but the science/evidence and the best practices.Recommend
I am sorry, I will only pray for those hundreds of poor families who are on brink of committing suicides because of this govt. I feel for poor and not these politicians who have sucked all blood from them.
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Just two days back, I was watching a show on a private TV channel in which she was participating with other dignitaries at the Food Street in Karachi.
What happened to her?
Until two days back she was alright.
She is a decent lady
May Al-Mighty Allah giver her health and I wish her that she should go back home and be with her children. Ameen.
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Get well soom Ms Wahab
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God, We need her.
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all of the above people will pray for zardari as well when he will be admitted to ICU. or mulana fazlur rehman as the matter of fact.
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May Allah bless her with health and grant her the wisdom to be on the right path!
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May God bless her and she recovers soon. Thanks for being a brave lady. The nation would always appreciate your role.
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May God give her health and the courage to speak the truth.
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Although gall stone surgery is considered to be relatively a minor category procedure but complications can arise from any procedure. I suspect a major blood vessel was hit during the key-hole surgery resulting in torrential haemorrhage. My fear is that there is no credible vascular surgeon and therefore this problem could not be dealt with. She required more than 30 units of blood and such vast amount of loss of blood leads to multiple organ failure including brain, kidney and lung damage. I am speculating this what I heard what happened to her. I hope and pray her condition improves but the chances of survival are less than 50:50
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After reading the following report in The Pakistah Today
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/05/28/city/karachi/fauzia-wahab-hospitalised/
the history has changed. Initial impression was as if she had complication during the surgical procedure but apparently she had surgery earlier and was discharged home but was readmitted as her condition deteriorated. However, she has been transfused phenomenal amount of blood probably due to internal haemorrhage. I fear there was an inordinate delay in recognising blood loss into her abdomen.
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@maz3tt, everyone doesn’t necessarily agree with her ideology but everyone wishing for health is decent enough to pray for her. Life is an important thing. Pray for her health if you can or else don’t tell the people that you don’t value the life of a helpless person just because you have some issue.
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I, and my family pray for her for good health and early recovery,(AMEEN)
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@maz3tt: That’s what makes us decent human beings, that’s what we have learnt from the teachings of Islam and our Holy Prophet (PBUH). It’s not good to carry so much anger, hatred and bitterness in your heart that u can’t even wish an ailing human being to get well.
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@Born Political:
Well said, they never prayed when the poor died of the target killing, bomb blast, sucide, poverty,
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To all those who Blame her cz she’s is Politician….. Get a Lyfe u looxers !!!! , Pray For Humanity !!!
May ALLAH Granted her Health !!!!
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Get well soon. IA
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oh yeah….. Ramon Davis will also be praying for her health.
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She is not only an asset to PK but to whole of PK. We need bright, educated & confident women like her. Praying for her quick recovery. We love you very much.
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This is a reminder to all Politicians who believe that are indispensable!!!
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@zeeshan sheikh:
I agree with you :)
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May Allah give her good health, apart from my political differences, she is fighter lady and I do respect.
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