Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to help family stuck in India hospital

LAHORE (August 10, 2012): Moved by a Geo News report aired earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Mian Nawaz Sharif, Thursday night announced to rescue a Pakistani female patient, who was allegedly held hostage by an Indian hospital after her father failed to clear medical bills.

Reportedly, the PML-N president, who is in Jeddah these days, has not only agreed to pay up the amount of money owed to the hospital but also bear the expenditures of stuck family’s repatriation to Pakistan.

The sources said that the situation arose after the female patient’s medical bills exceeded the amount already paid, which the family could not arrange in time following which the hospital refused to discharge the patient.