Nawaz Sharif’s fresh medical report submitted to LHC

Nawaz Sharif’s fresh medical report was submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday.

The report was submitted days before the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo is expected to arrive in Pakistan after self-imposed exile.

Lawyer Amjad Pervez submitted the fresh medical report to the LHC registrar on Friday.

The report has been signed by Professor Carlo Di Mario, a consultant cardiologist at the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ National Health Service Foundation Trust.

The report stated that the former premier had “some residual anginal symptoms” which would require “frequent follow-up investigations” in London and Pakistan.

Professor Carlo di Mario in the report cited Nawaz Sharif’s persistent anginal symptoms and the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 epidemic behind the delay in his safe return to Pakistan.

“When his symptoms worsened and a large area of ischaemia was confirmed in a Rubidium PET myocardial perfusion scan, we decided to repeat an angioplasty. This treatment was performed on November 2022 and targeted an occluded left circumflex artery.”

It required rotational atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy, multiple stents deployed and expanded under IVUS guidance,” the report stated.

It added that  Nawaz Sharif still has some residual anginal symptoms and suggested continuous monitoring.

“…….due to diffuse distal coronary disease in a patient with diabetes and multiple other comorbidities that would require frequent follow-up investigations both in London and Pakistan.”

Nawaz Sharif, 73, was allowed by the Lahore High Court in November 2019 to go abroad on health grounds after his medical reports revealed that he needed urgent treatment.