Former CR sprains ankle, calls it ‘a painful lesson’

Ammar Bin Yasir

Karachi 2 Oct: The former class representative of second year Mass Communication department sprained her ankle while descending the stairs beside Abdul Bhai’s canteen here on Monday.

Maimoona Ejaz, who is usually seen on the front row of most of 2nd year classes, let out a shriek as she missed and slipped three stairs and received an inward-sprain on her right ankle.

Students around her immediately stood up to help and carried her to the nearest sofa since she was in acute pain and unable to move her injured leg. “The pain was excruciating” recalls Maimoona, who’s fondly called Momo by her friends.

Despite the mishap she was adamant to attend her sociology class which was about to start. She asked a friend to call a rickshaw, and finally paid Rs.30 for it.

“Paying Rs. 30 for the rickshaw was even more painful, I almost cried” remembers Momo, who now wears an ankle- brace hidden by socks.

After university, she went to a physiotherapist, who after inspecting her injury, said it was a first degree ankle sprain that temporarily damaged her tissues and ligaments and she will be fine in a week’s time. 

“I want to say to the students of the department that learn from me, I don’t want you experience what I went through. Whenever you’re using the stairs be careful or else you’ll have to pay Rs. 30 for nothing,” said Momo, holding back her tears - AP