Medical team examines Khaleda’s health condition
A four-member medical team visited Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia in jail on Sunday and examined her health condition, reports UNB.
Earlier in the day, the government formed the medical team comprising four professors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, a senior officer at the Department of Prisons told UNB wishing anonymity.
He said the four professors are M Shamiuzzaman (orthopedics) Mansur Habib (neurology) Titu Mia (medicine) and Soheli Rahman (physical medicine).
The official said the team went to the jail around 1:15pm and examined the BNP chief's health for nearly an hour.
He, however, declined to elaborate what the team members said about the BNP chief's health condition.
A day after Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader's announcement, the government formed medical team today, Sunday, to assess the BNP chief's illness.
Earlier on Saturday, Quader told reporters that a medical team would be formed to examine Khaleda's heath condition and ensure proper treatment for her.
"If the medical team thinks her treatment is possible in the country, she'll be given treatment here in Bangladesh. She'll be sent abroad for the treatment if the team suggests so in case of any serious disease," he added
On Friday, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir voiced concern over Khaleda Zia's sudden illness in jail and demanded the government immediately release her for her better treatment either at home or abroad.
On Thursday, Fakhrul was denied meeting Khaleda in jail as the party said jail authorities informed the BNP chief's personal secretary Abdus Sattar that she fell sick.
On 8 February last, a special court here sentenced Khaleda to five years' rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case and sent her to jail.