Quader’s condition improves further: Physician

Road, transport and bridges minister Obaidul Qauder's health condition improved further after the bypass surgery, said professor Abu Nasar Rizvi of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

His ‘ando tranquil tube’ has been removed. Besides, the sleeping pills also are being reduced, he added.

After opening his tube, the minister talked to him, Rizvi said.

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

Meanwhile, finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal visited the minister at the Mount Elizabeth hospital in Singapore on Friday afternoon.

Quader was admitted to the BSMMU on 3 March following breathing complications. Medical tests revealed three blocks in his coronary arteries.

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