Two and a half months after being acquitted in a corruption case, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will go to London on November 8 for advanced treatment. Seven doctors from the medical board will accompany her.
Khaleda Zia's personal physician Professor Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain confirmed this information to reporters on Tuesday (October 29).
The seven doctors on the medical board formed to treat Khaleda Zia are Dr. Zahid, Dr. Shahabuddin, Dr. Arefin, Dr. Nur Uddin, Dr. FM Siddique, Dr. Zafar, and Dr. Mamun.
Dr. Zahid Hossain said that 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'.
79-year-old Khaleda Zia has been suffering from various complex diseases including arthritis, heart disease, lung, liver, kidney, and diabetes for a long time. She is receiving regular treatment at the private Evercare Hospital in the capital.
On August 9 last year, Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. At that time, her family had requested the government to take her abroad for better treatment, but permission was not obtained. Later, three specialist doctors from the United States were brought in and the BNP Chairperson, who was suffering from liver cirrhosis, underwent surgery on her blood vessel on October 27. When her health stabilized somewhat, she returned home on January 11 this year after undergoing treatment for more than five months.
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 case.