Khaleda Zia taken to hospital

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been taken to Evercare Hospital in the capital of Dhaka for regular medical check-ups.

She left her Gulshan residence for the facility around 3:57 pm on Monday and entered it at about 4:33 pm. 

BNP’s media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to Jago News.

Earlier, Khaleda’s personal doctor Professor AZM Jahid Hossain said madam (Khaleda Zia) will go to the hospital this afternoon for some tests as per the recommendations of the medical board.

On June 11, a stent was placed in the main artery of Khaleda’s heart after she suffered a heart attack. 

She has been suffering from arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung and eye issues for a long time. She was diagnosed with Covid-19 and spent 81 days in hospital care last year.

She also experienced bleeding in the digestive tract and liver cirrhosis later in November.

Khaleda was convicted in two graft cases and taken to jail more than 4.5 years ago. In April 2020, in the light of the Covid pandemic, the government granted a request from her family for a conditional temporary release from jail for “humanitarian reasons”.

She has since stayed at her Gulshan home under the care of her personal doctors and has had limited interaction with others.

Khaleda’s family has petitioned the government several times for permission to take her abroad for medical treatment. The government has repeatedly denied the request, claiming it is impossible under the current law that allows her to stay out of jail.