Pak transgender activist shot 6 times, faces discrimination in hospital

The Lady Reading Hospital authorities shifted her to the male ward, near the toilet as the other occupants of the ward did not want her near them.

"We are running since 9:30 am till now [1:30 pm] to find a bed for Ayesha. We were asked to go to a male ward and from the male ward to the female ward. Upstairs, downstairs but this hospital has no place where a transgender person in critical condition can be treated - no place in the ICU, no place in ward," the organisation wrote on Facebook.

While admitting the delay in providing treatment to the victim, a spokesperson said she had to wait as the hospital was trying to arrange a private room for her, after the other patients raised an objection to her presence.

Ayesha was attacked by a gang of miscreants who are known for harassing, and extorting money from members of the transgender community. The police have registered an FIR against the perpetrators, as reported by Scroll.