Nawaz Sharif advised against travelling in fresh medical report

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has submitted a fresh medical report of Nawaz Sharif in the Lahore High Court (LHC), claiming that doctors have barred him from travelling, Aaj News reported on Tuesday.

According to the report prepared by Interventional Cardiologist Dr Fayyaz Shawl, Nawaz is suffering from heart and kidney ailments and diabetes, and the doctors have barred him from visiting public spaces, i.e., airports, planes, and other crowded places, due to coronavirus. Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Amjad Pervez submitted the three-page report in the high court.

“My opinion regarding his travel to Pakistan and its implications on his health remains the same as mentioned in my earlier medical reports. Until then, he should remain on medical treatment in London under the care of doctors with multiple specialities. Moreover, these facilities have sustained before his arrival to London, giving his complex health issues,” Dr Fayyaz said in his report.

“In my opinion, until he gets coronary angiography, he should also stay in close proximity to the facilities where he has been getting his treatment,” the report added.

The report also recommended that Nawaz continue routine walks in open fields as well as stress-free physical activity.

"If he [Nawaz] returns to Pakistan without undergoing a definitive treatment in London, the stress of living again in a solitary confinement as well loss of a partner can further compromise his cardiac status before definitive treatment can be rendered."

It also barred Nawaz from going to crowded places due to the coronavirus. "His co-morbidities make him a high-risk candidate for health, respiratory failure, etc should he contract Covid-19 infection," the report said.

"Once Covid-19 is over he should then proceed with his coronary angiography and possible angioplasty or redo CABGS if intervention is not feasible," it added.