Khaleda's medical board recommends her hospitalisation

The medical board, formed by the government for jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, on Sunday suggested admitting her to a hospital.

The baord named BSMMU as one where the treatment of all health problems is available.

The physicians, according to UNB, have found 'no symptom of any serious disease' in Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister.

Brigadier general Mohammad Abdullah-Al-Harun, director of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), came up with the information while talking to UNB over phone.

"The medical board has submitted its report and it was sent to the jail authorities," Harun said.

"The specialist physicians of the medical board didn't find the symptoms of any risky disease, though she has long been suffering from various diseases and the medical board suggested admitting her to a hospital like BSMMU where the treatment of all health problems is available," he said.

The five-member medical board examined her physical condition inside Old Dhaka Central Jail here on Saturday afternoon.

The government on Thursday formed the five-member fresh medical board comprising BSMMU expert physicians.

They are professor Abdul Jalil Chowdhury (external medicine), professor Harisul Hoque (cardiologist), professor Abu Jafar Chowdhury (orthopedic surgeon), associate professor Tareq Reza Ali (eye) and associate professor Badrunnesa Ahmed (physical medicine).

The medical board was formed following the meeting of BNP delegation, led by its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, with home minister Asaduzzman Khan on 10 September.

Khaleda Zia has been kept at an abandoned Dhaka Central Jail building on Nazimuddin Road since she was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust case on 8 February.

On 7 April, Khaleda Zia underwent some medical tests at the BSMMU because of her illness.

The BNP has been demanding that Khaleda be shifted to United Hospital in the city for her 'better' treatment.