Khaleda Zia to stay in hospital for some days

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia will have to stay in Evercare Hospital in the capital for some days. 

Her personal doctor A Z M Jahid Hossain told journalists on Thursday morning.

He said madam (Khaleda Zia) needs to undergo some medical tests as new complications appear in her body. So, she will have to stay in the hospital for some for these tests.

Earlier, Khaleda Zia was taken to the hospital at 7:50pm on Wednesday. 

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 in 2021.

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

Khaleda Zia was convicted in two graft cases and taken to jail in 2018. 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.

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