Accused who allegedly administered wrong injection to minor admits to not having MBBS degree

KARACHI: The man accused of allegedly administering a wrong injection to a minor has admitted to not having an MBBS degree

Accused Adnan appeared at a local court here on Monday and informed the judge that he was a homoeopathic doctor. Adnan further said he had been provided with a fake degree by a Dr Waheed. The court then directed police to arrest Dr Waheed.

Prior to appearing before the court, accused Adnan claimed his innocence stating he had not administered a wrong injection to an eight-year-old at his clinic in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area.

Speaking to reporters, Adnan claimed to be a practising doctor for 18 years and in the past having a house job at Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital. “I did not give the infant the wrong medicine,” he said.

Adnan further said the father of the child had informed him of the eight-year-old getting fits after being administered the injection. “I told them to go to the hospital after this,” he added.

According to Adnan had he been informed of the child’s condition prior by the father the situation would not have come to this point. 

On Sunday, eight-year-old Saba Noor was administered an injection by the accused at a clinic where she was brought by her parents after complaining of cough and flu. She was administered an injection by the accused. Immediately after the injection, her condition deteriorated and she passed away, her father, Zafar Iqbal, told Geo News.

Narrating the harrowing incident, Iqbal said his daughter was checked by the accused and then given an injection, after which her mouth started foaming.

"Seeing her condition, the [doctor] named Adnan told us to rush to another hospital. But she died [before that]," he said.

After the police were notified of the incident, they arrested the accused in an overnight raid. The police, however, said a case against the incident would be registered only after a post-mortem report.