Physician says Quader to be shifted to cabin next week

Road, transport and bridges minister Obaidul Qauder is now doing well after open heart surgery at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore and expected to be shifted to a cabin next week, physician Abu Nasar Rizvi said on Thursday, reports UNB.

"He's now at ICU (Intensive Care Unit). Physicians hope if the improvement continues, he'll be shifted to a cabin in the middle of next week,” he quoted a member of the medical board as saying.

Abu Nasar Rizvi is a physician of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

Obaidul Quader, also general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), underwent a successful bypass surgery at the hospital on Wednesday.

Quader was admitted to BSMMU on 3 March following breathing complications and tests revealed three blockages in his coronary arteries.

He was flown to Singapore the next day for treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital.