Nawaz Sharif's health deteriorates as blood platelets count fluctuates

Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's health deteriorated on Sunday as his blood platelets count reduced from 45,000 to 25,000 followed by breathing problems, days after he was granted bail by two courts on health and humanitarian grounds.

Islamab High Court (IHC) on Saturday granted bail to Sharif in Al- Azizia corruption case till Tuesday in which he is serving a seven-year imprisonment.

A day earlier, he h also secured bail in money laundering case from Lahore High Court. Bail has been granted in both cases on medical grounds. 

"Nawaz Sharif's platelets reduced on Sunday to 25,000 from 45,000. re has been a slight improvement in health of patient, however, his condition is still serious," Services Hospital principal Dr Mahmmod Ayaz told reporters.

Sharif was rushed to Services Hospital on Monday night from anti-graft body's custody after his platelets dropped to a critical low level of 2,000.

Sharif on Saturday also suffered angina pain while undergoing treatment at a Lahore hospital. Angina is a of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to heart.

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"Nawaz Sharif also suffered an angina attack, but fortunately it did t dam his heart, Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said.

She said Sharif is also facing breathing problems.

"Sharif has been a heart patient for a long time and complication occurs if diabetes and blood pressure of a heart patient go out of control," she said.

Saqib Shafiq, a medical board member treating Sharif, said: "Sharif's latest electrocardiogram (ECG) reports shows he is somehow better w. Complication in diseases increases if heart muscles are affected. blood pressure of patient is also rmal.

He said Sharif's platelet count is fluctuating and he is ministered injections of intraveus immuglobulin (IVIg) regularly.

"Following angina attack, Sharif is being given medicines for blood thinning," he said.

Sharif's personal physician nan Khan said: "Sharif is being mand on lines of acute ITP (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura) treatment protocol, on Platelet Transfusions, IV Steroids & IV Immuglobulins. definitive diagsis is yet to be ascertained".

"Sharif has severe arosclerotic coronary and carotid artery disease' with co-morbidities (HTN, DM, CKD) and because of subsequent serious effects of treatment developed NSTEMI (n-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction); being mand on ACS protocol," he said.

"Critical Thrombocytopenia (low platelets count) & NSTEMI (n ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction), both of serious nature & consequences, has me clinical status extremely & critically unstable putting health & life of Mr Sharif at risk," he ded.

medical board said that y have diagsed reason for Sharif's declining health as Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a bleeding disorder in which immune system destroys platelets.

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Sharif's mor met him at hospital and stayed with him for some time.

His daughter, Maryam Nawaz, was also present.

Maryam has been given special permission by Punjab government to stay with her far on directions of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

re are reports that Maryam has been allowed to stay with her far in order to persue him to leave for London for better treatment as he is "seriously ill".

Close aide to Sharif and former foreign minister Khawaja Asif said that PML-N has decided t to force Sharif to go abro for treatment.

"Nawaz Sharif's condition is serious. It will only be his own decision about going abro (London) for treatment. We will t push him for this, he said. 

According to doctors, 50,000 platelets and beyond are required for a patient to be declared fit for air travel.

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