The father of the recently deceased, nine-month-old Nashwa, on Wednesday, said that he had been assured by the Sindh Chief Minister and Police Inspector- General about hospital’s closure by Thursday.
The chairman, vice chairman and executive director of the said facility will also be arrested within two days, he maintained.
Speaking to the media after meeting CM Murad Ali Shah, Qaiser Ali said, “We had two demands. One that the hospital be sealed immediately and Shah and the provincial health minister Azra Fazal Pechuho told us that they are sealing it within a day.”
“Further, IGP Kaleem Imam came and assured us that the chairman, vice chairman and executive director will be arrested within two days,” he added.
Her father hoped that the commitments of the Sindh CM, provincial health minister and IGP would be implemented.
Ali, however, warned, “We want to say one thing categorically that we respect their commitments but if the measures are not implemented by Friday prayers, that is if the three persons are not arrested and the hospital is not sealed, then we have the right to protest.”
“We will sit on the road till action is taken,” he asserted.
CM Shah also spoke to the media after meeting Nashwa’s family and remarked, “This is a very tragic incident. Nashwa was our daughter.”
“The IGP should immediately arrest those suspects involved in the case who are still free,” he further said.
Nashwa had died after suffering from brain damage due to medical negligence at a private hospital in Karachi, earlier this week.
She was allegedly administered an excessive quantity of an injection.
Earlier, Sindh CM had formed a committee to present a report in this regard.
On Tuesday, the investigation committee presented its initial report to the chief minister, which revealed that the midwife, Sobia, and the nursing assistant, Moeez, had shown a dereliction of duty.
The report further stated that the injection 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.
