Pakistani High Commission officials on Saturday visited Sanaullah Ranjay, who was injured in a brawl with an inmate in Kot Balwal Jail in Jammu, at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh after getting consular access on daily basis from India.
However, the Pakistan High Commissioner Press officer said, “We have got very pessimistic answers from the doctors on the condition of the injured prisoner and the chances of his recovery are very grim.”
He further added that there was no change in the condition of Sanaullah. He is still critical but his condition has not deteriorated further.
The Pakistan High Commission officials visited him around 3:30 pm and are also in constant touch with the doctors attending on him
Earlier, sources from the PGI said that CT scan has revealed multiple contusions with severe brain edema.
He is unconscious and is on dopamine and noradrenaline infusions to maintain his blood pressure.
His urine output appears to be adequate. He is on ventilator. A team of doctors led by Prof SN Mathuriya, Head of Neurosurgery and Prof YK Batra, Professor Incharge of Trauma ICU is keeping a constant check on his condition.
Sanaullah was serving life term after being convicted under TADA provisions. He was arrested in 1999. A resident of Sialkot in Pakistan, Sanaullah was immediately shifted from high-security Kot Balwal jail to Government Medical College Hospital and later rushed to PGIMR in Chandigarh in an air ambulance after doctors said his condition was critical.