New Delhi:
The condition of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, injured after being attacked by another inmate in a Jammu jail last week, appears more critical than yesterday, a medical bulletin by the hospital in Chandigarh where he is being treated said.
"Hemodynamic status is bit worse, evidenced by hike in dose of vasopressors to raise the blood pressure and addition of hydrocortisone for the same purpose," the medical bulletin said, adding "Oxygen requirement has increased to maintain the arterial blood gases and patient continues to be on ventilator."
Sanaullah, 52, also suffered metabolic deterioration. "There is metabolic deterioration in form of fluctuating blood sugar, spiking temperature (38.50C - 400C). Serum sodium is, however, under control," the medical bulletin said.
Meanwhile, Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir visited Sanaullah at the hospital today and said his chances of survival seemed "bleak".
"The condition (of Sanaullah Ranjay) is critical...the outcome is bleak," he said.
Demanding an impartial probe into the attack on Sanaullah, Mr Bashir said, "We want him to be repatriated to Pakistan."
A heavy deployment of police personnel is in place around and inside the PGIMER to prevent any eventuality.
Sanaullah, a resident of Sialkot in Pakistan, is serving a life term after being convicted under TADA provisions following his arrest in 1999.
He was injured during a scuffle with another inmate in high-security Kot Balwal jail in Jammu and was immediately shifted to Government Medical College Hospital and later rushed to PGIMER in an air ambulance after doctors said his condition was critical.
The assault came a day after the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was brutally attacked by six inmates in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail.