KARACHI: Former Executive Director of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) Dr Seemin Jamali is in critical condition after her health severely deteriorated. She is being treated in intensive care unit (ICU) at private hospital and doctors are making efforts to save her life. Dr Jamali, who is also known as an iron lady or bullet lady, had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2020 and operated upon. According to hospital sources, Dr Jamali has been put on BiPAP machine after her blood oxygen levels dropped and was admitted to hospital. She graduated from Nawabshah Medical College in 1986 and joined Jinnah Hospital. She started serving as Executive Director for JPMC, which is one of largest public healthcare facilities in country in November 2016. Since then, she had been face of hospital and first point of contact whenever medical emergencies took place in Karachi. She retired from service in August 2021.

Jamali is recipient of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for her exceptional services in field of medicine.

Dr Seemi is mashallah alive. However, she is admitted in the hospital. I would urge people not to spread unverified news & pray for her good health please 🤲 https://t.co/F47AAfZYxl

— Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui (@murtazawahab1) May 21, 2023

Published in The Daily National Courier, May, 23 2023

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