ISLAMABAD, August 18(ABC): A four-member medical board has unanimously recommended that PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s chief of staff Shahbaz Gill be monitored further and assessed by specialists.
Gill is at the Pakistan Institute Of Medical Sciences (PIMS), where he is under treatment after being shifted to the medical facility from Adiala Jail.
The medical board unanimously concluded in a post-examination report that the patient needs monitoring and assessment by cardiologists and pulmonologists.
In the report that was submitted to the court, board members Prof Lal Rehman, Dr Ali Miraj Shami, Prof SH Waqar, and Prof Shajee A Siddiqui said that Gill “may need further investigations if required”.
In its report, the medical board also said that Gill “is a known case of asthma since childhood and has been on inhaled bronchodilators when required, now presented with shortness of breath, body aches, including left shoulder, back, neck, fight gluteal region and left-sided chest pain”.
The board further recommended 10 tests for Gill.
Gill’s health ‘satisfactory’
Gill’s health is now satisfactory, sources at the Pakistan Institute Of Medical Sciences (PIMS) said Thursday morning, after Gill was brought to the hospital following health complications the night before.
Gill has been in police custody since August 9 when the Islamabad police arrested him in a sedition case after he passed controversial remarks on a private news channel. Last night he complained of difficulty in breathing and was shifted to the hospital from Adiala Jail.
PIMS sources said that when the former special assistant to the prime minister was brought to the hospital last night, his electrocardiogram (ECG) report was not satisfactory.
“An increase in anxiety levels makes it difficult to breathe and the heartbeat rate starts to rise. However, Gill does not have heart-related issues,” the sources said.
The sources at the medical facility said that Gill would be monitored and there are chances that he will undergo a second round of tests.
They added that since his heartbeat was fast a day earlier, he will undergo an ECG today as well.