Qaiser Ali, father of a toddler who passed away due to medical negligence, announced on Sunday to hold a sit-in against unregistered hospitals from today.
The 9-month-old girl suffered brain damage after allegedly being administered an excessive quantity of an injection at a private hospital in Karachi. She passed away earlier this week.
Qaiser Ali, while speaking to media, said that his demand that a commission should be formed against unregistered hospitals and Darul-Sehat Hospital should be handed over to the Sindh government, was not fulfilled. Nashwa’s father lamented that the promises made by Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah were not fulfilled.
The 9-month-old girl suffered brain damage after allegedly being administered an excessive quantity of an injection
Earlier, the father had said he would be left with no choice but to stage a sit-in if his demands were not met by the authorities. Calling for action against unregistered hospitals, he demanded an independent inquiry commission, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, to investigate the incident.
Ali added that this was not the time for politics and that his daughter’s death should not be painted in a political light. “This is not the time for politics but to work towards a solution,” he said. A report presented by a committee formed earlier to probe the case revealed that midwife Sobia and nursing assistant Moeez showed dereliction of duty. The report stated that the injection administered to Nashwa had adverse effects on her brain, heart and liver. According to the report, Nashwa could have survived had she been provided proper treatment at the hospital.
