United News of Bangladesh

Mirza Abbas, political adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and a member of the BNP Standing Committee, will be taken to Singapore on Sunday for advanced treatment. Mirza Abbas’s personal secretary Mizanur Rahman Sohel said he will be flown to Singapore by an air ambulance at 11am on Sunday. Abbas’s wife and Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal President Afroza Abbas and their elder son Mirza Yasir Abbas Bhashan will accompany him. Mirza Abbas's post-surgery scan report 'good' The BNP leader has been under close observation after undergoing brain surgery on Friday while receiving treatment at Evercare Hospital Dhaka. A CT scan of Abbas’s brain was conducted on Saturday morning and the report came out good, BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam said. Abbas suddenly lost consciousness while drinking water during iftar on Wednesday. As his condition deteriorated, he was admitted to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka that night. A CT scan of his brain was later carried out. As the report indicated a deterioration in his condition, a medical board formed for his treatment reviewed the situation and decided to conduct surgery. The surgery was performed in two phases on Friday following the medical board’s decision. After the operation, the former minister has been kept under 72-hour intensive observation by the medical board. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has been regularly inquiring about the health condition of the senior BNP leader. He visited Evercare Hospital on Friday afternoon.