Zafrullah’s health condition worsens

Although he recovered from novel coronavirus infection, the health condition of Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury deteriorated on Tuesday, reports news agency UNB.

“Sir’s (Zafrullah’s) pneumonia problem has worsened and he’s suffering from breathing problem again,” Kendra public relations officer Forhad Hossain told the news agency on Tuesday night.

He said physicians prescribed Zafrullah a new antibiotic to ease the pneumonia problem.

Besides, Forhad said, the Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder is given regular dialysis and chest physiotherapy.

Earlier on Monday, a RT-PCR test found Zafrullah Chowdhury negative for coronavirus infection, two days after he got the same results through a test done with an antigen kit developed by the Kendra.

Zafrullah, also a freedom fighter, underwent coronavirus testing with the kit developed by Gonoshasthaya which found him to be COVID-19 positive on 25 May.

Four days later, a RT-PCR test at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) also found him positive for novel coronavirus.

He was given plasma therapy thrice to help strengthen his immune system in bid to beat the deadly virus.

Zafrullah has been receiving treatment at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in the city’s Dhanmondi area.