Cardiac arrest immediate cause of Hakim Zardari’s death
414 viewsBy jazbablog - Tue May 24, 6:52 pm
ISLAMABAD: Cardiac arrest was the immediate cause of Hakim Ali Zardari’s death on Tuesday, doctors said.
He was being kept alive on artificial breathing through ventilator for the last five days and end of his life become imminent few days ago, hospital sources said.
Hakim Ali Zardari was rushed to Pakistan Institute Medical Sciences (PIMS) at about 2:00 O-clock on March 13 when he was suffering from chest infection and brain hemorrhage, Spokesman for PIMS Dr. Zulfiqar Ghauri told Online.
After remaining 10 days in the hospital chronic kidney failure and lungs failure further deteriorated his health condition after which he was placed on ventilator, he added.
“Once his health improvement was encouraging and creating hope amongst doctors and his family members. But all of a sudden his condition became critical in May. For the last five days, doctors and nurses who were monitoring his diseases were calling upon the visitors and enquirer for Dua to Hakim Ali Zardari,” said a jiala, who was present outside the intensive care unit when death of Zardari was declared at 11: 45 am in PIMS.
He was kept in VIP wards where all facilities for intensive care was moved and all the staff and doctors were working hard for the last five days to save his life, said a doctor on condition of anonymity.
His condition was very critical for the last five days and on Tuesday the doctors after inspection found that heart arrest was coupled with his other diseases that seems immediate cause of his death, said Dr. Ghauri.
Sources said that such heart arrest happens after doctors decide to remove ventilator after they see no sign of recovery and death of brain becomes evident.
Meanwhile, after declaration of his death PPP workers, politicians, ministers and media persons rushed to the hospital. Mustafa Khokar, Zamarud Khan, Advisor to PM on Petroleum Dr. Muhammad Asim, Khalid Nawaz Gobi, Ayatullah Durani, Senator Saeeda Iqbal, Dr. Babar Ghauri, Sherin Rehman, President Zardari’s sister Azra Pechuho and several other PPP leaders visited PIMS hospital. Health Secretary Nargas Sethi was also present on the occasion.
