KARACHI, July 31: Mohammed Kashif, 30, a tailor and the father of two minor sons, who was operated upon by Dr Kashif Mateen and was allegedly deprived of his kidney, has demanded payment of compensation.

Dr Kashif had operated the man for removal of his diseased gall bladder on May 7, but pathological reports later suggested that instead of gall blader, his normal kidney had been removed.

As the matter still remains a mystery, a criminal case has been lodged against the surgeon at the Taimuria Police Station for stealing the kidney.

Dr Kashif has been remanded to the judicial custody after remaining in the police custody for interrogation for five days.

The victim patient, who is still suffering from pain in his gall bladder, and needs proper treatment, and surgical operation.

“I am now restricted to very limited physical activities and has to live a cautious life, unlike my previous natual life”, he stated. Kashif has also appealed to the President and the Prime Minister for a justice.

“I must also be substantially compensated for the loss of my perfectly healthy and vital body organ and for the pain and agony that my family will have to undergo for the rest of his life”, he added. While talking to Dawn, the elder brother of the victim expressed concern over the investigation of the case.

Mohammed Shamim also said his brother was not being given proper medical treatment as promised.“Additional health secretary Dr. Ashfaq Hussain Memon had assured us of treatment of my brother, who has been suffering from severe pains, but, so far, nothing has been done”, he deplored. He said Dr Memon had referred Kashif to Dr Tariq Mehmood of the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital on July 21.

“My brother was admitted to the hospital where he was to be operated upon for his gall bladder on July 24”, he said. However, Mr Shamim said, the hospital administration told him that Kashif could not be operated upon on the given date. “My brother was given a room on the third floor where construction work was being carried out. We were told that Kashif might be operated upon on July 26”.

He said in view of these circumstances, the family moved the ailing Kashif to home.

“Our first priority is to get Kashif properly treated and for this we need an approval from the authorities”, he said.

“Secondly, we want a thorough probe against Dr Kashif Mateen,” he added.

Mr Shamim also demanded that a thorough investigation be conducted to ascertain whether the kidney recovered actually belonged to his brother and demanded the DNA test of the kidney be conducted.

The police had referred to the SIUT for cross-matching of the recovered kidney with the blood sample of Mohammad Kashif .

However, the SIUT informed the police that the tissue sampling and cross-matching at the SIUT is related to transplantation between interfamilial donors, and blood samples for such tests are taken for cross-matching between the donor and the recipient.

The police were also informed that the SIUT does not perform solid tissue matching as it is not necessary for transplantation.

According to SIUT, for solid tissue sample i.e. kidney in formalin is required which is not SIUT’s domain of activity.