Victim family wants medics' trial

LAHORE - Family of a 26-year-old orphan, who died in the Services Hospital due to negligence of the doctors while administering him blood, has demanded of the government to punish the accused doctors under law of the land.

The family of the deceased said that no preferential treatment should be given to the accused doctors and they should be punished like anybody else under the law, denying even the reports of withdrawing the original complaint lodged after forgiving the doctors and reaching an agreement of reconciliation.

“No body should be considered above law”, the deceased’s mother said and vowed to peruse the criminal case registered in Shadman Police Station against the doctors under the section of 302 of PPC. The said section was later replaced by 319 of the PPC over the protest of the doctors.

The family members of the victim also announced to hold a series of protest demonstrations if criminal case registered against them was withdrawn without permission of the complainant.

Highly critical about the role played by some officer-bearers of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Lahore, the family said that they (PMA office-bearers) are using the ‘strike calls’ as a ploy to bail out the accused doctors and pressurise the government. The victim’s relatives termed it a serious violation of human rights.

“The investigation of the case should be left to the law enforcement agencies and the concerned courts to establish the truth”, the family said.

Taking to The Nation, Akram Awan, maternal uncle of the deceased youth Ibrar Ahmad, said that some elements in the medical community and management of the Services Hospital were politicising the issue which has human overtones just to protect their colleagues declared guilty in the inquiries conducted by the government.