Teenage Girl Dies After Quack Administers IV Drip In Malir

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KARACHI: A teenage girl died during treatment by an alleged quack in the Malir area, police said on 22nd March.

Malir City SHO Farasat Shah said that the 15-year-old girl, identified as Nusrat Wahid, complained of pain due to fasting, and her family took her to a local clinic in Chaman Colony, Lasi Goth for treatment.

He said that the man at the clinic had been practicing medicine in the Malir locality for the past 40 years, but “he is not a qualified doctor”.

The alleged quack administered an intravenous (IV) drip to her, triggering a reaction that worsened her condition and ultimately led to her death, the SHO said.

The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.

Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told Dawn that a post-mortem examination was conducted on Saturday morning and all samples had been collected. The cause of death was reserved till receipts of the report, she added.

The police said that the quack doctor was not taken into custody.

The SHO said that he visited the house of the victim’s family and met with her relatives, who told him that they would lodge an FIR against the quack after her funeral.

Published in Dawn, March 23rd, 2025

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