Two and a half months after being acquitted in a corruption case, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going abroad for better treatment.
Khaleda Zia's personal physician Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain said this on Tuesday (October 29).
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will first go to London to see her son Tarique Rahman. She will be taken there by a specialized air ambulance. Later, from London, she will be taken to a third country and admitted to a 'multi-disciplinary medical center,' said doctor Dr. Zahid Hossain.
79-year-old Khaleda Zia has been suffering from various complex diseases including arthritis, heart disease, lungs, liver, kidneys, and diabetes for a long time. She is receiving regular treatment at the private Evercare Hospital in the capital.
Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on August 9 last year. At that time, her family applied to the government to take her abroad for better treatment, but permission was not received. Later, three specialist doctors were brought from the United States and the BNP Chairperson, who was suffering from liver cirrhosis, underwent a blood vessel surgery on October 27. When her health stabilized somewhat, she returned home on January 11 this year after more than five months of treatment. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was sentenced in two corruption cases and imprisoned on February 8, 2018. She was imprisoned for more than two years. In response to the family's appeal, the government suspended Khaleda Zia's sentence on March 25, 2020 and released her conditionally. Since then, the government has been extending the release period for six months consecutively. However, after the change of power, the interim government exempted her from the corruption cases.