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As committee is charged to probe Wahab's death, FIA raids OMI
FIA raids hospital Wahab was admitted in. Seizes records, questions her doctors.
Committee will investigate whether there was any negligence on the part of concerned doctors.
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: The government has constituted a committee to ascertain the reasons behind the demise of former Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Fouzia Wahab.
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik on Monday announced the constitution of an inquiry committee which will probe the alleged negligence of doctors at the Orthopedic Medical Institute (OMI) in Karachi, where Wahab passed away on Sunday (June 17) following complications after a surgery.
The committee will investigate whether there was any negligence on the part of concerned doctors during Wahab’s treatment, said an official statement. The committee will be headed by Director General Health, Islamabad with other senior doctors, added the statement.
The joint investigation team will suggest and recommend the age of retirement of surgeons when they should be stopped from operating patients in a professional way. The inquiry committee will submit its report within two weeks of this notification.
Meanwhile, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided OMI and seized records of the hospital, reported Express News. The team also questioned three doctors who performed Wahab’s surgery and took them to the FIA headquarters for further investigation.
The hospital authorities claimed that they did everything they could to save Wahab’s life and there was no negligence on the part of the doctors. Wahab’s son also supported this statement and said that the hospital authorities provided every facility to his mother.
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Who killed BB, who was the killer? All of our agencies failed to investigate the real faces. Now they are again wasting their time in this case. 90% murder cases are still under investigation but….?
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These were one of avoidable deaths. God bless Fozia.
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This is one of those things that should not have happened and could be avoided. However, there are not too many successful cases of malpractice against the doctors in Pakistan. The doctors do not testify against each other and protect one another. God bless Fauzia and her family. If there has to any investigation, it should involve foreign (Pakistanis working overseas or dual nationality) doctors to make it transparent.Recommend
When some minister or some government people die from something like that they start investigating and every high level is involved but when some normal people die like that no one is cares. Welcome to Pakistan ! Welcome to the government of Pakistan.
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@Junaid
Bro, unfortunately we have to live with this bitter reality. Frankly, I don’t blame our callous politicians because they are ruling us like their slaves so when slave dies no one cares.
In next elections, please vote for those people who cares for you and our beloved country.
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May be thousands of ordinary Pakistanis die in similar circumstances but no inquiry , no commission for that.
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PMDC (Private medical and dental council) is only increasing no. of jobless doctors by allowing more and more private medical colleges but no standard of medical colleges + no proper training + no job to doctors +hospital short of advanced equipments+ hospitals short of doctors.Private medical colleges has become degree distributing departments for rich people and money making business. Government medical colleges also are set up without big and advanced hospitals and their training is below standards while seats no. are increasing. Medical colleges just create more doctors while no one care about making big hospitals full advanced equipments.Owners of private medical colleges are sitting in PMDC to monitor own medical colleges. A thief sitting in police department cannot investigate against himself. A shopkeeper sitting in food inspection department cannot investigate against himself.How can an owner of private medical college sitting in PMDC inspect own medical colleges
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there are millions of cases when patients get well.
but no one hardly knows this but if only one case get complicated, there z mass media campaign.
v v sad, these are pakistani doctors working in europe and treating v v vips.
have you ever heard any case against them???
respect these peoples, they are very caring.
GOD bless them all.Recommend
It was a simple operation than why did she die? It must be negligence on part of surgeons & doctors performing this surgery. Culprits must be punished.
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I expected this investigation because a prominent person from the ruling government dies possibly due to unaccountable medical system in Pakistan. Are 1000′s of innocent CITIZENS of Pakistan sub human class of Pakistan who are disabled or die every month in Pakistan by unqualified doctors, unavailability of emergency medicines or equipment, inability to pay etc?
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@ riaz
no operation is simple. once a patient needs general anesthesia there can be a number of known complications. now you do not know what was the exact cause that led to her passing away. it is very easy for a common man to stand up and say OH THE DOCTOR DID IT, it was negligence. doctors never deliberatley try to harm someone. the human body is extremely complex. long story short do not judge as you do not know. plus i agree with all the above commentators, everyday thousands of patients die due to lack of proper facilities and equipements. no committee was ever formed. wahab dies and the DG health gets involved. what a sorry state we are living in.
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We don’t have money to pay our petroleum bill and these idiots have “announced the constitution of an inquiry committee”
What is wrong with these people.
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I am waiting for the day Rehman Malik and company are investigated for willful negligence and grievous corruption that has caused irreparable damage to the state that is Pakistan.Recommend
Hundreds die in government hospitals no one cares, one apparently pretentious politician dies, its all over the news and inquiries, OMI is the best hospital and blessing to people in Karachi.
Who cares about Ms. Wahab any way. I bet OMI has saved thousands of lives, lets focus on the that people. I believe OMI staff and doctors did their best, it was her time to go so she went.
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“The joint investigation team will suggest and recommend the age of retirement of surgeons when they should be stopped from operating patientsin a professional way“
That’s great! After 60 make them operate in an unprofessional way!!
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In our homeland there are classes for men, V VIP,VIP,Middle,Poor Poorer and so on, investigations just happened after the death of V VIPs and VIPs just to wast the money….
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Hundreds die in government hospitals no one cares, one politician dies, its all over the news and inquiries, OMI is the best hospital and blessing to people in Karachi.
I bet OMI has saved thousands of lives, lets focus on the that people. I believe OMI staff and doctors did their best, it was her time to go so she went.Recommend
@Mohd Butt: How do you know? Do you have medical knowledge of the disease or the surgical procedure, or have to talked to a surgeon over this issue?
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