Lusi
December 29, 2007, 1:36am
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Re: No bullet or shrapnel found in Benazir’s wound - Dr Musaddiq Hussain
Reza_Pahlavi:
This from the doctors who attended to her.
No shrapnel or bullet found in Benazir’s wound
RAWALPINDI: The open-head injury with depressed fracture leading to cardio-pulmonary arrest caused the death of PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, Dr Musaddiq Hussain, the Allied Hospitals chief executive, told a press conference on Friday at Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH). RGH Medical Superintendent Dr Habib Ahmed Khan and Additional Superintendent Dr Fayyaz Ahmed Khan were also present on the occasion. Dr Hussain said Bhutto was not showing any sign of life when she was taken to the RGH. Bhutto was admitted to the hospital at 5:35pm where surgeons immediately conducted resuscitation, started giving her fluid and kept her on artificial ventilation, he said. He said the doctors shifted Bhutto to operation theatre and continued resuscitation as soon as they found out that her heart was not working. Having noticed that resuscitation was not successful, the doctors opened Bhutto’s chest and pressed her heart with hands, he said. During the whole process, he said, the doctors did not feel Bhutto’s heart beat so they declared her dead at 6:16pm. He said something hit Bhutto’s right temporal region that fractured her skull bones, thrust into her brain and the brain matter was exuding. The oval-shaped wound was 4x5cm wide and 0.5 inch deep, he said. Dr Hussain said, “I believe that some heavy object had hit her because they (doctors) did not find any bullet or shrapnel.” He said there was no wound on her neck or body. He said the doctors had submitted the same report to the Punjab government. Most of those injured in the attack, who were admitted to Allied Hospitals, contradicted Dr Hussain’s statement as they told Daily Times that five shots were fired at Liaquat Bagh in all. Three of the bullets, they said, hit Bhutto, one injured People’s Student Federation (PSF) city president and one missed the target
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\29\story_29-12-2007_pg7_3
daleel:
** How did Pakistan’s Bhutto die?**
(CNN) –On Thursday, an initial report from the Interior Ministry said Bhutto died of a gunshot wound to the neck.
Bhutto’s death did not result from a bullet or shrapnel, Cheema said, and nothing entered her head.Dr. Mussadiq Khan of Rawalpindi General Hospital, who treated Bhutto before she was declared dead, said she had “a big wound” on the side of her head “that usually occurs when something big, with a lot of speed, hits that area.”
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/bhutto.death/
Seems like that the doctor has somewhat changed his initial statement.
Secondly, what was the source of information used by the interior ministry when they issued that gunshot statement on thursaday after Benazir was pronounced dead?