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Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukdar Abdul Khaleque was brought to Dhaka on Sunday as he will be taken to Singapore for better treatment. He was shifted to Dhaka’s Combined Military Hospital (CMH) from Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital by air ambulance at 4.30 pm. Also read: Khulna City mayor hospitalised He will be undergoing treatment at CMH for the next 15 days and then he will be taken to Singapore for advanced treatment, said District Awami League general secretary MDA Babul Rana. He also said that Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel, member of Parliament from Khulna-2 constituency, has taken all the responsibility for the treatment of the mayor and wished good health to the mayor. He is accompanied by his wife Begum Habibub Nahar, deputy minister of Environment, Forests and Climate, and his nephew Meghla. Also read: Social Welfare minister admitted to Dhaka hospital after falling sick in Lalmonirhat The 69-year old KCC mayor was admitted to Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Specialised hospital in Khulna around 11 am on Saturday, said Prakash Chandra, Residential Medical Officer (RMO) of the hospital. He has been suffering from heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and last year he underwent a surgery in the prostate gland, said RMO Prakash Chandra.

Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukear Abdul Khaleque was hospitalised with high fever on Saturday. The 69-year old KCC mayor was admitted to Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Specialised hospital in Khulna around 11 am, said Prakash Chandra, Residential Medical Officer (RMO) of the hospital. “The mayor was admitted to the hospital in unconscious condition , said the RMO. Also read: KCC employee invents soundless ‘easy fogger’ to kill mosquitoes He has been suffering from heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and last year he underwent a surgery in the prostate gland, said RMO Prakash Chandra. He is currently being treated at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital and the hospital authority formed a medical board with one doctor from each department  for his treatment,” he said. Also read: TK 637.09 crore KCC budget announced