Muhammad Abid of Kharian Tehsil, Gujrat District, Punjab, is the father of 9 daughters, but after a successful operation on his 2 daughters, he has become the father of 7 daughters and 2 sons.
Bushra, 17, and Wafia, 15, have become Waleed Abid and Murad Abid after a successful gender reassignment operation at PIMS Hospital in Islamabad.
Talking to Urdu News, Mohammad Abid said, “Not only our family but the whole village is happy. I had nine daughters and everyone in our society wants to have male children but Allah deprived me but now Allah has listened to me.
Dr. Amjad Chaudhry of PIMS Hospital, who successfully operated on Waleed and Murad, told Urdu News that this is a unique case of its kind as genes were found in two real sisters after which the operation became possible. "It's very rare for two real sisters to have a sex reassignment operation, so this was a unique case in terms of medical science."
The gender reassignment of Bushra and Wafia became apparent when she was in the twelfth and ninth grades, and when teachers looked at her habits differently from those of other girls, her parents' attention was drawn to it.
Muhammad Abid, the father of the children, says that since childhood, his habits and hobbies were boyish. He preferred to play cricket etc. with other sisters at home instead of playing with pots and dolls, but we never thought that Their gender reassignment is also possible.
Bushra, 8, who has become Waleed Abid after a successful operation, says that as a child, I was never more interested in girls 'games than boys'. "I was very fond of playing cricket but due to social pressure the family did not allow me to play outside the house but we used to play cricket at home. But now I can go out and play cricket. '
When admitted to the college, the teachers also said that their habits are different from other girls. The mother then asked the father to check up on her, after which she consulted a lady doctor in Gujarat. She referred him to Dr. Amjad Chaudhry at PIMS Hospital, where he underwent various tests and underwent an operation in which about three It took four months. '
Waleed Abid says that sometimes it occurred to me that we are 9 sisters and if one of us had a brother, he could help his parents. "Our mother always loved and treated me the same, but I realized that she must be sad not to have a son. We are now two brothers of seven sisters and the sisters and mother are very happy.
Murad Abid, 15, says: "Most of the time at school I was teased by girls that your voice and actions were boyish. When they found out that I was going to have a sex reassignment operation, my schoolmates started staying away from me."
"I have the same dreams for the future as before," he said. "I wanted to be a doctor before and I still want to be a doctor."
'Transgender surgery is not performed without the consent of the patient'
According to Dr. Amjad Chaudhry, the operation took 5 to 6 hours and took about two months to complete.
He said that psychological assessment or psychological analysis is also done before the operation and it is not the parents but the patients themselves who decide whether they have to undergo gender reassignment surgery or live a similar life. Therefore, before the operation, where various medical tests are performed, the patient's condition is also examined psychologically and then he decides whether to go through the stages of the operation or not and the whole process takes two months.
