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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. );
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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’
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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.”
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now undergoing treatment for Covid-19, was moved to the coronary care unit of Evercare Hospital in the city yesterday with breathing difficulties. Her personal physician AZM Zahid Hossain said the former premier was moved to CCU from the cabin around 4:00pm after she developed breathing difficulties in the morning. Khaleda's condition was stable
The medical board examines Khaleda almost every day and also reviews the results of those conducted.
On Tuesday night, the former prime minister was admitted to the capital s Evercare Hospital under cardiologist Shahabuddin Talukdar.
Zahid said once all the tests are carried out, the reports will be reviewed and the medical board will decide her treatment plan accordingly.
The physician said as she was taken to hospital after a long time, doctors want to do all the necessary and regular medical tests.
The BNP chief has been suffering from arthritis, diabetics and ophthalmological problems.
Khaleda tested Covid-19 positive on April 11 and in the follow-up test on April 24, she tested positive again.