Sharif fighting for his life: Dr Adnan.

LAHORE -- With little signs of improvement, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who got bail in Al-Azizia reference on medical grounds yesterday remained under treatment at Services Hospital Lahore for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday.

A medical board headed by Dr Mahmood Ayyaz stopped body scan and biopsies of the ex-prime minister as his platelet count did not increase further from existing 28,000.

Nawaz Sharif's personal physician Dr Adnan Khan described his patient's health as 'critical' complicated further by his deteriorating kidney functions. He said he had never seen Nawaz Sharif in such a bad shape in the last 20 years.

'Ex-PM is critically unwell, is fighting the battle for his health and life. Thrombocytopenia (Low Platelet Count) and NSTEMI (Heart Attack) is further complicated by deteriorating Kidney functions. Poor Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure control is taking its toll', Dr Adnan said in a tweet.

Dr Adnan further stated that multiple complex pathologies had placed his patient in a paradoxical Catch-22 situation posing considerable risk to Nawaz Sharif's 'fragile' and 'unstable' condition.

'Pending scans, biopsies, diagnostic dilemma still ensues from multiple complex pathologies and co-morbidities. In a paradoxical Catch-22 situation, establishing a definitive diagnosis and subsequent management poses considerable...