Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda’s health condition unchanged
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia. — File photo.
The health condition of former prime minister and main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia remains unchanged.
A member of the former prime minister’s medical team told New Age on Wednesday that physicians conducted some regular tests and found her condition almost unchanged, although the haemoglobin level dropped slightly.
Khaleda was readmitted to Evercare hospital in the capital for follow-up treatment on November 13, nearly a week after her discharge from the hospital.
The 76-year-old BNP chief was admitted to the hospital as per the advice of the medical board formed earlier for her treatment, said her personal medical team member AZM Zahid Hossain.
The BNP chief has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, ophthalmological and dental complications for a long time, her physicians said.
Addressing a prayer session for Khaleda, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that the government had the authority to allow critically ailing Khaleda to go abroad anytime for advanced treatment.
‘We still call upon the government to allow her to go abroad for better treatment,’ Rizvi said.
He said that the incumbent prime minister and then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina and then Awami League general secretary Abul Jalil went abroad for treatment during the rule of Fakhruddin and Moyeenuddin after the political changeover in 2007.
He said another politician ASM Abur Rob also went abroad from jail for treatment.
Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna alleged that the attitude of the government towards Khaleda’s advanced treatment abroad was inhumane.
Manna made the remarks while talking to reporters at Evercare Hospital.
Manna went to the hospital to visit ailing Khaleda, but he could not meet her as she has been staying in CCU.
The government has been pushing Khaleda towards death, allegd Manna.
On behalf of the family, Khaleda’s younger brother, Shamim Iskander, submitted an application to the home ministry on November 11 urging the government to allow her to go abroad for better treatment.
New Age
