BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia underwent health checkups at Evercare Hospital in the capital on Thursday.

She arrived at the hospital from her Gulshan residence around 6:48pm and stayed there for nearly five hours, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

Khaleda taken to Evercare Hospital for health check-ups

He said that the BNP chairperson underwent several tests at the hospital as per the advice of her medical board.

Later, the BNP chief left the hospital and reached her residence around 12:15 am, he said.

Khaleda Zia scheduled for a health check-up this afternoon

Khaleda's personal physician, AZM Zahid Hossain, said the medical board formed earlier, led by Prof Shahabuddin Talukder, advised her to go for the health checkup at the hospital.

"She underwent various necessary medical tests at the hospital,” he said.

Khaleda returns home from Evercare Hospital after over 5 months

Zahid said the medical board will decide the next course of her treatment after assessing the reports.

On January 11, the BNP chief returned home from Evercare Hospital after receiving treatment for various health complications for over five months.

Since then, she has been receiving treatment at her Gulshan residence under the medical board that was formed earlier at the Evercare Hospital.

On August 9 last year, she was admitted to the hospital as she fell sick.

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

On October 26, three US specialist doctors completed the hepatic procedure known as transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS procedure) to stop water accretion in Khaleda Zia’s stomach and chest, and bleeding in her liver.

Khaleda’s doctors have been recommending sending her abroad since she was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis in November 2021.

The BNP chief’s family also sought permission from the government on different occasions, but the Law Minister said Khaleda has no scope to go abroad for treatment as she was released on conditions suspending her sentence in corruption cases.

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