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London Clinic to offer unified medical care for Khaleda
Doctors at the London Clinic in the UK have decided to provide BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia with a "one-stop service" for her medical treatment, where various specialists will address her health concerns under a unified plan.
Speaking to reporters in London, Khaleda’s personal physician, Professor AZM Zahid Hossain, conveyed the decision on Wednesday.
Khaleda Zia has been undergoing treatment at the London Clinic since January 8.
Zahid said the BNP chief’s latest medical reports were reviewed by a medical board led by Professor John Patrick, who recommended additional tests.
Two more specialist doctors are expected to examine her condition soon, Zahid noted.
"She is currently receiving treatment for several complications, including liver and kidney, heart diabetes, high blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis,” the physician said.
Zahid also mentioned consultations with a medical team from Johns Hopkins Hospital in the United States, as part of the initiative to provide a comprehensive ‘one-stop service’ for Khaleda’s treatment.
Read: Khaleda Zia's condition much better, says Fakhrul
Doctors from Johns Hopkins participated in the medical board’s meeting to collaborate on her care plan.
The treatment strategy considers Khaleda’s age, the adverse effects of her prolonged confinement in Bangladesh over the past five and a half years, and the inadequate medical care she received during that time, Zahid explained.
Further steps in her treatment plan will involve consultations with extended members of the medical board, both in London and other countries.
Zahid urged the people of Bangladesh to pray for Khaleda’s speedy recovery. “On behalf of her family, we request the country’s people to pray for her,” he said.
Read more: Khaleda stable in London, undergoing routine tests
Khaleda Zia, 79, has long been suffering from severe health conditions, including liver cirrhosis, kidney issues, heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis.
3 weeks ago
Mirza Fakhrul off to Singapore for treatment
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone to Singapore on Thursday (August 24, 2023) morning for medical treatment.
Fakhrul, along with his wife Rahat Ara Begum and daughter Mirza Safaruh, left Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport via a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight around 8:30 am, his personal secretary M Yunus Ali told UNB.
He said Fakhrul will receive treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for various health issues, including a blockage in the nerve in his neck.
Besides, Yunus said the BNP leader’s wife has an appointment with a doctor at the National University Hospital.
Read more: BNP is instigating militant groups ahead of national election: Quader
He, however, could not say when the BNP secretary general would return to Dhaka.
After being released from jail in 2015, Fakhrul went to Singapore for treatment, where the issue in his internal carotid artery was detected.
Since then, he has gone to Singapore every year for follow-up treatment.
Earlier this year, in February, the 76-year-old BNP secretary general went to Singapore for a medical checkup.
Read more: BNP is main sponsor of militants in Bangladesh: Information Minister
1 year ago
Bangladesh opens first super specialized hospital; PM urges doctors to be nice to patients
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the physicians to dedicate themselves to extensively serve the general people and behave well with patients.
“I would like to request the doctors to dedicate themselves more extensively in providing healthcare services to the general and poor people of the country. You’ll have to go to villages and take care of the rural people. You’ll have to behave well with them,” she said.
The premier said this while inaugurating the newly constructed Super Specialized Hospital in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) through a virtual platform from her official residence Ganobhaban.
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The country’s first super specialized hospital will be an alternative option for many Bangladeshis opting to go abroad for treatment.
2 years ago
Raushon Ershad returns home from Thailand
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Raushon Ershad returned home from Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, on Monday after nearly seven and a half months of stay there for medical treatment.
She reached Hazrat Shahjajal International Airport around 12 noon, said her assistant private secretary Md Mamum Hasan.
Read:Raushon doing well, set to return home Monday: GM Quader
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader along with the party’s senior leaders welcomed the opposition leader at the airport.
Earlier on Sunday, GM Quader said Raushon, the chief patron of the Jatiya Party, was now doing well as her physical condition improved a lot.
Rahgir Al Mahi Saad Ershad MP (Rangpur-3) who along with his wife Mahima Ershad accompanied Raushon in Bangkok throughout her stay there said his mother is now fine, but very weak.
“She has problems in her legs and still can’t walk properly. It may take time for her to gain back her strength. She needs more physiotherapy,” he said.
Read:Raushon Ershad taken to Bangkok for better treatment
Saad said Raushon will also go to Bangkok for follow-up treatment on July 4 next.
On November 5 last year, Raushon was flown to Thailand by an air ambulance as her health condition turned critical. She has been receiving treatment at Bumrungrad Hospital since then.
Earlier, Raushon Ershad, 78, underwent treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) as she fell ill seriously due to old age complications.
2 years ago
Raushon doing well, set to return home Monday: GM Quader
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Raushon Ershad is set to return home from Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, on Monday after nearly seven and a half months of stay there for medical treatment.
She is scheduled to reach Hazrat Shahjajal International Airport at 12:10pm, said Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader who returned home from Thailand on Sunday noon.
Read:Raushon Ershad taken to Bangkok for better treatment
He said Raushon, also the chief patron of the Jatiya Party, is now doing well.
“Her physical condition has improved a lot,” the Jatiya Party Chairman said.
He asked party leaders and activists who are not preoccupied to be present at the airport by 12 pm to welcome Raushon.
Earlier on Thursday, GM Quader went to Thailand to visit Raushon.
Contacted, her son Rahgir Al Mahi Saad Ershad MP (Rangpur-3) who along with his wife Mahima Ershad has been accompanying Raushon in Bangkok since she went there said her mother is now fine, but very weak.
“She has problems in her legs and still can’t walk properly. It may take time for her to gain back her strength. She needs more physiotherapy,” he said.
Read: Eric announces new JaPa committee making Raushon chairman
Saad said Raushon will also go to Bangkok for follow-up treatment on July 5 next.
On November 5 last year, Raushon was flown to Thailand by an air ambulance as her health condition turned critical. She has been receiving treatment at Bumrungrad Hospital since then.
Earlier, Raushon Ershad, 78, underwent treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) as she fell ill seriously due to old age complications.
2 years ago
Let Khaleda go abroad by Saturday or face movement: Pro-BNP lawyers
Pro-BNP lawyers on Tuesday threatened to go for a movement if the government does not let Khaleda Zia go abroad for medical treatment by Saturday next.
"We’re giving the government four days--Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday (to meet our demand). Or else, we lawyers will go on a hunger-strike across the country on Sunday,” said advocate Fazlur Rahman, member secretary of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF).
Speaking at a rally, he also warned that they will gradually intensify the movement to force the government to accept their demand.
Read:Govt looking into legal options to let Khaleda go abroad: Law Minister
“Time will come when the people of the country will hit the streets with processions, and the streets will see the heat of the fire. And that day is not far away. Let's start a movement to take Khaleda Zia abroad,” Rahman said.
BJAF arranged the programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club demanding Khaleda’s medical care abroad.
Fazlur Rahman urged Law Minister Anisul Huq to find out a legal option to send Khaleda out of the country for treatment. “The law is not bigger than human life.”
Speaking at the programme, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the government can allow the BNP chief to go abroad for treatment under section 401 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). “The usurper government, not the law, is an obstacle here.”
3 years ago
Govt looking into legal options to let Khaleda go abroad: Law Minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said the government is assessing whether there is any legal option to allow BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment.
“I think the decision on it (application of Khaleda’s family) should come after considering overall aspects and assessing whether there any legal scope,” he said.
Read:Khaleda free, not in govt custody: Law Minister
Talking to reporters after attending an event at the Judicial Administration Training Institute in the capital, the minister said they are also careful so that the law is not violated in this regard.
“As there haven many applications, including from lawyers, I think it is appropriate to come to a well-thought-out decision after examining all aspects and whether any scope to do something in any way,” he added.
Khaleda, a 76-year-old former prime minister, has been receiving treatment at Evercare Hospital for various health complications since November 13.
The BNP chief’s medical board members on November 28 said she immediately needs to go abroad for better treatment as she was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis.
On behalf of her family, Khaleda's younger brother, Shamim Iskander, submitted an application to the Home Ministry on November 11 seeking permission to take her abroad for treatment.
Though the government earlier twice turned down such applications, it is taking time to dispose of the fresh plea of the BNP chief’s family.
On November 28, the Law Minister told parliament that Khaleda is now free as she is not in government custody.
Read:Pro-BNP lawyers’ memo over Khaleda’s treatment to be examined: Law Minister
He also said as Khaleda was temporarily released under section 401 of the Criminal Code of Procedure based on some conditions, including not leaving the country, there is no provision in the law to allow her to go abroad now until she submits a fresh petition after returning to jail.
BNP leaders and pro-BNP lawyers, however, have long been arguing that the government has the unlimited authority to take any decision in this regard under section 401 of the Criminal Code of Procedures.
The party has also been observing various programmes since November 25 demanding that the BNP chief be allowed to go abroad as there is no advanced cnetre in Bangladesh to treat her liver cirrhosis problem.
3 years ago
No legal scope for Khaleda to go abroad: Law Minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said there is no legal scope in the present situation to allow ailing BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment.
“There’s no scope in the law. They can rebuke me as much as they wish but it doesn’t matter to me… I’ll follow the law,” he said.
The law minister made the remark as a demand was placed by BNP MP Gulam Mohammad Siraj (Bogura-6) in Parliament on point-of-order for allowing Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment.
Read: Khaleda fighting for life: Fakhrul
Pointing at Khaleda Zia, Anisul Huq said a convicted person was released suspending her sentence as per section 401 of the Criminal Code of Procedure (CrPC) but there is no provision to reconsider an already disposed appeal in the section.
The minister said Khaleda Zia is getting treatment properly as per their statements. “It is up to them whether they’re happy or not with the treatment,” he added.
He said the BNP leaders argued that Khaleda Zia can be released for receiving treatment abroad on humanitarian grounds and raised some previous instances in this regard saying that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was allowed to go abroad in 2007-2008 despite having lawsuits against her. “But it’s not true as the Prime Minister (Sheikh Hasina) has never been convicted in any case,” he added.
3 years ago
Done enough for Khaleda Zia, says Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she has given enough facilities to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia by allowing her to stay in her residence and receive medical treatment.
“She (Khaleda) has been allowed to stay in her residence and receive medical treatment by exercising the executive authority I have. The rest is a legal matter,” she said, replying to a question if she will take any initiative for the treatment of ailing Khaleda Zia.
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The Prime Minister was speaking at a press conference at her Ganobhaban in the afternoon on the outcome of her recent two-week visit to the United Kingdoms and France. Some journalists were also connected to the event virtually from the Prime Minister’s Office.
“Isn’t it enough that Khaleda Zia was allowed to stay in her residence instead of jail and receive treatment there?” said the PM.
In a counter question, she asked the journalist whether he would receive a person with a garland who had tried to kill him and rewarded the killers of his family members by giving those jobs in different missions abroad and by not bringing the perpetrators to justice.
3 years ago
Khaleda has to go back to jail for permission to go abroad: Law Minister
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said the government will consider BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal to go abroad for medical treatment if she makes a fresh petition after returning to jail.
“No fresh order can be given over a solved petition anymore. If she applies again after going to jail, then we will consider it. But there is no scope to consider any fresh step under the section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in these circumstances,” he told Parliament.
The Law Minister said this replying to the remarks of BNP MP Rumeen Farhana during the discussion over a proposal to send the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Remuneration and Privileges) Bill, 2021 to the Scrutiny Committee.
Read: Khaleda critically ill, says Fakhrul
During the discussion, Rumeen demanded the government allow Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment considering her physical condition. The BNP MP said the government has the authority to give Khaleda Zia the scope under section 401 of CrPC.
Anisul Huq suggested Rumeen Farhana to see the decisions given under the same section of CrPC in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
3 years ago