The Word of mAn[S]o0r: Criminal Activities at a local Blood Testing Laboratory!!!

This news is horrible! just plain HORRIBLE!!! Dr. Essa's laboratory in north nazimabad is involved in criminal activities, which reduces the validity of the test reports done by them to absolutely zero!! Anyone thinking of getting a bloodtest done, please aviod going to that one!

The story was published on Karachi Metroblogs by MB and is reproduced here.

I just got this one email
recently. Please comment if you have any such idea or if you know about
this issue, specially those who know any character in the story
personally. It says it has come to public knowledge that Dr.Essa
Laboratories, North Nazimabad, Karachi is indulged in criminal
activities of Sample Pooling thus playing with the lives of hundreds of
people who come to the laboratory for a blood test. Here is the email.

My
brother Mr.Syed Irfan Ahmed who has recently joined a multinational
company was asked to do a blood test. The company before employing any
individual conducts a body screening test so they referred Dr. Essa
Lab, North Nazimabad Karachi as one of their panel laboratory &
close to the residence as well. These blood test reports were dated
31.03.2006 & 04.04.2006 respectively created against the blood
sample of my brother Mr.Syed Irfan Ahmed who has recently joined a
multinational company.
I collected the report from Dr. Essa Lab, North Nazimabad, on
31.03.2006; I was shocked to see the Dr.Essa findings and diagnosis of
24yrs old individual as Hepatitis C Virus with remarks of HCV
antibodies reactive. After getting the report I contacted to Dr.Farhan
Essa and asked him to review the report as its a life & career
matter but they said it is checked & verified by Dr.Essa personally
& he further emphasized that this report is final and cannot be
checked again instead & they are confident about their result
(false claim)
DR. ESSA Lab conduct Test on ELISA Standards AKUH conduct test on
MEIA Standards I went to Aga Khan University Hospital in order to
re-examine the blood sample and Alhamdullillah AKUH report was good
& reflected Hepatitis C Virus NON-Reactive to further confirm the
AKUH test another advance test of PCR (Paramarase Chain Reaction) was
also conducted on an emergency basis which is most costly blood test in
order to further confirm the Negativity of HEPATITIS C VIRUS and the
report also appeared NEGATIVE (Alhamdullillah) I had to spend the whole
night in the Aga University Hospital just to figure out how far their
report is true.. what are their parameters, what are their reference,
who is going to endorse the report, who is the pathologist/consultant,
I also met 2 more poor patients at AKUH laboratory that diagnosed by
Dr.Essa as HEPATITIS C VIRUS... after such findings and denial of
HEPTATIS C VIRUS by Aga University Hospital I started consulting with
Different Individuals as referred under:
1. Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, AKUH

2. Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, OMI & Ziauddin

3. Pathologist, LNH

4. Pathologist, POF Hospital Wah Cantt

5. Microbiologist, Abbott Laboratories

6. Pharmacist, ICI Pakistan Limited

7. General Physicians, Samdani Hospital

8. Clinical Specialist, AKUH
After thoroughly reviewing & gathering all possible information
& opinion it has come to my knowledge that they are engaged in the
Criminal Activities of Sample Pooling (in this system they mix 4 blood
sample of 4 different individuals and conduct a test just to save a
cost of the kit in conducting 4 individual test). The reliability is
ZERO in SAMPLE POOLING and if any one among them is infected with a
virus certainly all three will be reported with the same virus &
what they hag done to my brother as well. Met with Dr. Farhan Essa at
Dr.Essa LABORATORIES, North Nazimabad, and Karachi and give them a very
tough time with FIA inspector.
Dr. Farhan Essa personally called & accepted their mistake &
would like to only compensate the expenses that have incurred in the
repeat test at AKUH. He further offered that if any blood test related
to my brother will be free... This acceptance shows that they are
engaged in malpractices & playing with the life of the people.
This misreporting has taken me & my family in agony & pain
that cannot be stated in words. The fear of loosing our brother in next
5 years was such a pain. Hepatitis C Virus is controlled not cured
& take a shape of LIVER CANCER in 5-10years. (God forbid)
I would like to request all persons who are reading this please do
communicate to the people around you. This little information can save
many people from AGONY & PAIN
Your wellwisher

A sufferer,

S. Farhan Ahmed

0300-8260301

syed_farhan_ahmed@yahoo.com