Medical student catches 'death'

LAHORE - A third year medical student of King Edward Medical University (KEMU) lost his life in a tragic incident. He sustained minor head injury while catching a ball in a cricket match played at the university ground and he was taken to the hospital where he died. The victim student Usama Qamar chased the ball that was high in the air and succeeded in catching it (ball) but at the cost of his life, the victim students class fellows said. They said that he was brilliant student and had topped in the first and second year of MBBS exams. It was the last catch of his life, Muhammad Qasim, another class fellow of the victim said and burst into tears while recalling the past time he had spent with him in the class and the hostel. The victim students parents were also doctors and settled in Canada for the several years along with their other family members. They sent him Pakistan to get medical education on his wish. He was elder from his two brothers and a sister and was residing in the house of his aunt in the City. Usama was asked to field near the boundary of the ground and when the batsman hit the ball in the air for six, he chased the ball and ultimately caught it. He then lost his balance and his head hit the ground when he fell down. The other players started celebrating the victory unaware of Usamas condition who had fallen unconscious. When the students came to know about the situation they rushed him to the emergency department of the Mayo Hospital where doctors disclosed that his condition was much critical perhaps due to brain haemorrhage. The doctors performed CT Scan and other medical investigations and the reports revealed that the student was suffering from chronic hypertension. The reports further detected 36 hours old bloodstains in the brain vessels of the patient showing that he was a serious patient but neither he nor his class fellows were aware of his disease. He was immediately shifted to the Neurosurgery department ICU from where the doctors shifted him to the Cardiac Surgery ICU due to poor condition of equipment and was kept under intensive care of the senior doctors. All the professors of the KEMU and senior doctors of the Mayo Hospital paid visit frequently and examined the patient by providing treatment. However, despite all efforts, the student breathed his last on Thursday. The news of young sons death landed like a bombshell on his parents and other family members in Canada who could not reach Pakistan till the filing of this report.