It is no secret that doctors and medical teams in Pakistan are often guilty of blatant medical negligence when it comes to treating patients, especially in life-saving procedures.

Medical audit laws are as good as absent. With the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) choosing to protect medical professionals instead of safeguarding patient welfare and safety, medical malpractice is rampant and doctors are almost completely free to do as they wish at the cost of human lives.

Being a medical professional, I have heard not one but many accounts of medical malpractice.

Here, I am penning a traumatic incident that my cousin Najeeb went through to highlight this deeply troublesome issue.