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Khaleda Zia taken back to cabin from CCU

UNB . Dhaka
23 Sep 2023 18:43:39 | Update: 23 Sep 2023 20:20:57
Khaleda Zia taken back to cabin from CCU
File photo of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia — UNB

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who is now undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, was shifted to the cabin again from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) on Friday afternoon.

"Khaleda Zia was taken back to the cabin from CCU around 4:30 pm,” AZM Zahid Hossain, medical board member of the former Prime Minister, told the media.

Earlier, Khaleda Zia was transferred to the CCU at 11:30am on Saturday as per the recommendation of her medical board.

The 78-year-old former prime minister has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems.

Since her conditional release in 2020, the BNP chief has been receiving treatment at the hospital under a medical board headed by cardiologist Prof Shahabuddin Talukder.

On August 9, Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital after falling seriously ill at her Gulshan residence Feroza by the decision of her medical board.

Khaleda was sent to the Old Dhaka Jail after a lower court sentenced her to five years' imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8, 2018. Later, she was found guilty in another corruption case the same year.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government temporarily freed Khaleda Zia from jail through an executive order suspending her sentence on March 25, 2020, with the condition that she stay in her Gulshan house and not leave the country.

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