PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan received a fourth intravitreal anti-VEGF injection at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and was discharged, 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.
