Govt medical board finds problems in Khaleda health

The medical board formed by the government for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's treatment on Tuesday said she has problems on her shoulder, hand and hip bones.

"However, her blood reports were found normal," Shamsuzzaman Sheheen, head of the four-member medical team, told reporters.

X-ray reports of Khaleda Zia suggested that she has problems in her shoulder, left hand and hip bones, according to Shamsuzzaman, also head of Orthopedic department at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

On Saturday, Khaleda was taken to Radiology and Imaging department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for various tests including several x-rays of her bones as the medical board suggested.

On 1 April, the government formed the medical team with four professors of DMCH to examine her health and ensure her treatment in the jail.

Later, the four physicians recommended conducting some medical examinations, including x-ray on her different bones and joints and blood tests.

On completion of her tests at BSMMU, she was taken back to the jail.

On 8 February, a special court sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years' rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust case.

Since then she has been kept in an abandoned house of the Old Dhaka Central Jail.