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ISLAMABAD: PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan received a fourth intravitreal anti-VEGF injection at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and was discharged on Tuesday morning, according to the hospital spokesperson. Imran last underwent the anti-VEGF intravitreal injection on March 23. His eye ailment — right central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) — came to light in late January. His first medical procedure was carried out on January 24, and he was administered the second dose on Feb 24. According to the Pims spokesperson, Imran, 74, was brought to the hospital on April 28 for follow-up eye treatment, during which he received a fourth intravitreal injection. “Prior to the procedure, he was examined by the ophthalmologists and was found to be clinically stable,” the statement said, adding that Imran’s “optical coherence tomography was performed, which showed clinical improvement”. “After obtaining informed consent and under standard monitoring, adopting all standard precautionary measures and protocols in the operating theatre, he was injected with a fourth dose of intravitreal injection under the guidance of microscopy by the surgeons,” the spokesperson added. “The procedure was performed as a day care surgery. During the course of his stay, he remained vitally stable before, during and after the procedure and was discharged along with instructions for further care and follow-up advice and documents,” the hospital spokesperson said. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan also confirmed in a post on X that Imran was taken to Pims last night for an eye injection and a medical check-up. “Whatever the treatment, our concern remains unanswered,” Gohar said, referring to PTI’s call for Imran and his spouse Bushra Bibi to be moved to a hospital for “treatment under the supervision of personal doctors accompanied by family members”. “This is their fundamental right,” he said, adding that the PTI had been demanding its implementation for a long time. Following the last procedure, a senior doctor at Pims, who was familiar with the matter, said: ‘Usually, three injections are administered in such cases; it is unlikely that a fourth injection will be given. “However, the impact of the injection is assessed after four weeks, so it will be decided after four weeks whether another dose will be required or not,” he had explained. Separately, the opposition alliance Tehreek Tahaffuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP) also condemned Imran being taken to the hospital in the absence of his personal physicians and family members. “This action is a violation of basic human rights as well as the violation of legal and constitutional rights provided under the Constitution of Pakistan,” TTAP Spokesperson Hussain Ahmed Yousafzai said in a statement. He said that depriving any citizen, especially a former prime minister, of his physicians and family was a “question mark on the rule of law”. He demanded that Imran be immediately allowed to meet his personal physicians and family members without any hindrance to ensure the protection of his health and legal rights. Over the past few months, the government and the opposition have been engaged in a blame game, with the latter accusing the former of a lack of transparency on the matter, of not ensuring appropriate treatment for Imran, and of not allowing his personal physicians access to him. The government denies these allegations. The opposition has also demanded that the former premier be shifted to Shifa International Hospital. On April 17, Imran’s spouse, Bushra, also underwent eye surgery at a Rawalpindi hospital, according to jail authorities. The couple remains incarcerated at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail. ‘False, malicious attempt to hoodwink nation’ After it was reported that Imran received a fourth injection, the PTI raised concerns regarding his health and rejected the government’s claims that his condition had improved as “false and a malicious attempt to hoodwink the nation”. In a statement issued by its Central Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram, the party demanded that Imran be shifted to Shifa International Hospital for best available treatment under the supervision of his personal physician. And if the demand remains unfulfilled, the party called on the government to “take responsibility for the consequences”. The statement said reports had emerged that Imran now appeared weaker than before and had complained of dental pain and deteriorating vision, terming them “alarming and concerning”. It said these reports contradicted the authorities’ claims of Imran’s “good health”, adding that “secrecy” around his treatment had raised suspicions. In this connection, it was highlighted the Imran was taken to Pims only at night and without any prior intimation to his family, lawyers or the PTI leadership. The statement asserted that “any further negligence or delay with regards to Imran’s treatment will be not be tolerated or acceptable”. It termed the treatment of Imran without informing his family, lawyers and the PTI leadership a “serious violation of transparency, trust and fundamental rights”. In the statement, Akram questioned that if Imran’s health condition was satisfactory, as claimed by authorities, why were his family and the legal team denied access to him. He demanded “full transparency” on the matter and immediate access to Imran for his family, lawyers and personal physicians. “The PTI will not compromise on the health, safety, and fundamental rights of its leader, come what may,” he said. Akram also stated that the PTI and other opposition parties had reached a consensus on a joint strategy to challenge the incumbent government, adding that the collaboration was aimed at coordinating efforts both inside Parliament and through protest movements to address concerns regarding governance and recent legislative changes.
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This update matters because iSLAMABAD: PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan received a fourth intravitreal anti-VEGF injection at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and was discharg
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