Epileptic student ‘still serious’

Maham Malik had suffered an epileptic seizure on Thursday.

LAHORE:

“Maham Malik’s condition cannot be declared stable ... she has had several epileptic seizures,” Post Graduate Medical Institute Principal Anjum Habib Vohra told a press conference on Saturday.

Malik had suffered an epileptic seizure on Thursday. An unnecessary delay in taking her to the hospital was alleged. She was transferred to the ICU at Lahore General Hospital on Friday.

Vohra said that the chief minister had said the government would bear the cost of Malik’s treatment. “We will leave no stone unturned,” he said, “her condition, however, is serious at the moment. We cannot be certain whether she will survive.”

He said that Malik suffered only from epilepsy and had no other ailments. Vohra said 99 per cent of epileptics recovered on their own after a seizure and only one per cent became critical like Malik did.

He said that her CT scan report appeared to be normal. MRI tests would be conducted as well. “The delay in taking her to the hospital had no bearing on her condition,” said Vohra, “Her condition has to do with the nature of the disorder.”

Lahore General Hospital Medical Superintendent Amjad Shahzad, Monitoring Director Waqar Nabi Bajwa and Additional MS Junaid Mirza were also present at the conference.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 10^th, 2013.