Khaleda to be taken to Evercare Hospital again today

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Evercare Hospital in the capital again as part of her regular health check-up on Sunday evening.

The party Chairperson’s press wing member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to Jago News in the morning.

Earlier on Monday afternoon (August 22), she was taken to the same hospital from her Gulshan residence ‘Feroza’. Later, she returned back home at 7:08pm. 

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.