KARACHI: The expelled doctor from NICVD Dr. Pervaiz Chaudhry leveled serious allegations against management in a fiery presser and said he will reveal what NICVD was and what it had turned into.
He told he was born in Karachi and then went to the United States (US) for higher education after completing college.
He told he learned 17 surgical methods and wanted to return to Pakistan and serve the country.
Dr Chaudhry told that he was hired on contract in NICVD in 2018 after its Executive Director (ED) Dr Qamar Nadeem contacted him in 2017.
Dr Nadeem insisted him to return as the fatality rate in the healthcare facility was around 26% which he wanted to reduce.
Dr Chaudhry said that he introduced various cardiac surgical methods in NICVD which were not performed before.
“When I came to NICVD, I felt that it was an aircraft flying without a pilot”, he added.
Later, the sacked official added that Dr Nadeem met him in the US where he put forward a five-year plan for the healthcare facility.
My plan was approved and I decided to return to Pakistan, he told.
Dr Chaudhry said that he presented his working condition in black and white and handed them over to Dr Nadeem.
However, even after he returned to Pakistan, the agreement was not drafted and Dr Nadeem started using dilatory tactics.
Even the general elections of 2018 passed but it was not prepared. He accused that Dr Nadeem maligned his reputation and demeaned him.
“It was not just my insult but of a teacher and professional surgeon”, the sacked official regretted.
The official accused that Dr Nadeem was completely in control of the consultant Haider Awan.
“ED signs wherever the consultant places his finger”, he added.
I had committed to them that I would not perform any illegal or illicit task besides tolerating interference in work.
He claimed that the healthcare facility has to pay him outstanding salaries of three years.
He added that the fatality rate in the healthcare facility was 26% before his arrival which drastically went down.
Even the chief justice remarked that Karachi NICVD should be run under the federal government while remaining run by Sindh government, he expressed.
They did not even pay me salaries except which was fixed by the government.
The patients were deliberately killed to make the bed empty, he accused NICVD management.
The patients were declared do-not-resuscitate (DNR) without consultation.
After I took the charge, Dr Chaudhry told decision regarding DNR is now taken either by the patient’s family or the ethics committee.
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The artificial heart program cannot be shut down. If it happens, the company will stop supplying the left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
The lives of Nafeesa and Banaras would come in danger as LVADs were implanted in them. Dr Chaudhry announced going to the international court if it happens.
The sacked official also accused that substandard drugs and equipment were used in the hospital.
NICVD spokesperson’s response
Meanwhile, NICVD spokesperson refuted all allegations and said that Dr Chaudhry was not a part of the hospital anymore.
Therefore, he was leveling false allegations against NICVD management.
“Why he did not speak for years?”, the spokesperson asked.
The spokesperson said that Dr Nadeem Qamar’s vision and hard work had brought the healthcare facility to this position.
The spokesperson claimed that Dr Chaudhry joined NICVD in 2018.
Before that, over 4,000 cardiac surgeries were being performed while the mortality rate had plummeted to 4%.
Dr Asad Bilal Awan has been appointed as the Head of Surgery Department.