Ex-PM Imran taken to hospital for treatment

Pakistan’s incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan on early Tuesday was taken from jail to a hospital here for treatment of an eye ailment and later shifted back, officials said. Khan was diagnosed last month with right central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) affecting his vision.

He was brought to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for a second dose of anti-VEGF intravitreal injection, a doctor at the hospital said. He had received treatment earlier on January 24. Prior to the procedure, he was examined by a board of specialists: a consultant cardiologist  who also performed echocardiography and ECG (result: normal) and a consultant physician.