Khaleda’s treatment: Family gives application to home minister to take her abroad
Home minister says letter received, will be considered positively
File photo of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Family members of Khaleda Zia went to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal s house and gave an application to take her abroad for better treatment, Selima Islam, Khaleda s sister told The Daily Star.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told The Daily Star that they received the letter and are considering it positively.
Khaleda s brother Shamim Iskandar gave the letter to the home ministry.
Selima Islam also said the application was submitted to home ministry and then it will go to law ministry. We will take decision based on the government s decision, she added.
সরকার চাইলে খালেদা জিয়া বিদেশ যেতে পারবেন banglanews24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from banglanews24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 04 May 2021 11:12 PM BdST
Updated: 04 May 2021 11:12 PM BdST
The government has nothing to do if BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been admitted to a Dhaka hospital with COVID-19, wants to take treatment abroad, the home minister has said. );
}
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the former prime minister must secure a court directive first to take treatment abroad and the government has yet to receive any plea on the matter.
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, however, says that the government will determine whether she needs to travel abroad for treatment.
The 76-year-old is undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital after she caught coronavirus. She has other complications.
Khaleda Zia’s condition now ‘improving’
Say family sources Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia s condition improved a little and she was stable, said sources in her family yesterday.
Fluids were removed from her lung and no malignancy was found in it, said the sources quoting doctors who are treating Khaleda at Evercare Hospital in the capital. Her oxygen saturation level dropped below 90 percent following withdrawal of oxygen support. But it went up to 99 percent after the support was restored… It [the saturation level] is fluctuating, said one of the sources.
Khaleda s blood sugar level fluctuated between 14 and 18 millimoles per litre after she was injected with Remdesivir used for treating Covid-19 patients. Despite all these, her mental condition was good.
Family wants to take Khaleda abroad for treatment
Staff Correspondent
4th May, 2021 11:30:57
The family of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital with Covid-19, is taking all necessary preparations to take her abroad for better treatment.
It will submit an application to the authorities concerned anytime soon seeking permission to take her abroad for advanced treatment, the family sources said.
Asked about the matter, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told the Daily Sun on Tuesday evening that they have not yet submitted any
application seeking government’s permission to take the BNP chief abroad. “I also don’t know whether her family will apply in this regard.”