Stress: Woman dies after robbers take away son’s documents
Doctors says Hayat’s blood pressure had spiked after the incident
The writer talks to rickshaw and cab drivers as he travels around in Karachi. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
BAHAWALPUR:
A woman died after she was robbed on Wednesday. A Satellite Town police spokesman told The Express Tribune that Shehla Hayat was climbing into a rickshaw when some unidentified men on a motorbike snatched her purse and fled. He said the bag contained her son’s original educational certificates. He said the boy was applying for university admissions.
The spokesman said on reaching home, she complained of a severe headache and fainted. Her sister took her to Bahawal Victoria Hospital where she died. Doctors said Hayat’s blood pressure had spiked after the incident.
They said when she was brought to the hospital, she was already brain dead.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2015.
A woman died after she was robbed on Wednesday. A Satellite Town police spokesman told The Express Tribune that Shehla Hayat was climbing into a rickshaw when some unidentified men on a motorbike snatched her purse and fled. He said the bag contained her son’s original educational certificates. He said the boy was applying for university admissions.
The spokesman said on reaching home, she complained of a severe headache and fainted. Her sister took her to Bahawal Victoria Hospital where she died. Doctors said Hayat’s blood pressure had spiked after the incident.
They said when she was brought to the hospital, she was already brain dead.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2015.