BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday demanded the government immediately allow their party chief Khaleda Zia to go abroad for advanced treatment on humanitarian ground as she is critically ill. “Khaleda Zia is so ill that I can’t understand you. For the first time she sat in a chair from the bed at CCU (of Evercare Hospital) yesterday (Monday). She’s very weak,” he said.Speaking at a doa mahfil, he also said doctors advised sending her abroad as there is no advanced centre in Bangladesh for treating Khaleda’s multiple critical diseases. “We demand the government immediately allow her to receive treatment abroad. You (govt) please do it on humanitarian ground in line with her family’s application,” the BNP leader said.   Read: Khaleda’s family seeks permission yet again to send her abroad Stating that Khaleda is a leader of democracy, he warned that the government will have to shoulder all the responsibilities if anything bad happens to her for barring her from going abroad for treatment. Fakhrul hoped that good sense will prevail upon the government to permit the BNP chief to go abroad for receiving treatment in any advanced centre. BNP arranged the programme on the ground floor of its Nayapaltan central office seeking speedy recovery of Khaleda. Referring to a fresh application to the government by Khaleda’s family seeking permission to send her abroad for treatment, Fakhrul said, “We’ve been repeatedly talking about the issue, but she's not given that scope.” He alleged that the BNP chairperson was sent to jail by convicting her in ‘false’ cases as part of a plot to remove her from politics. “There’s now a plot to eliminate her life.” “We pray to the Almighty Allah so that she recovers soon not only for BNP and her family but also for the country and its 16 crore democracy-loving people. She is the leader who struggled for democracy most of her life,” the BNP leader said. On behalf of the family, Khaleda's younger brother, Shamim Iskander, submitted an application to the Home Ministry on Thursday urging the government to allow her to go abroad for better treatment. Khaleda, a 76-year-old former Prime Minister, was readmitted to Evercare Hospital on Saturday six days after she had returned home from the hospital. Read: BNP’s countrywide doa mahfil seeking Khaleda’s recovery The BNP chief's physicians said she has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, ophthalmological and dental complications. A physician at her medical team said Khaleda is now suffering from a critical cardiac problem while her blood sugar is out of control and hemoglobin level in her blood has dropped. The BNP chief’s family applied to the government twice in May and August earlier, seeking permission to take her abroad for better treatment, but the government denied it, saying that there was no scope for a convict to get such an opportunity.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was shifted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Evercare Hospital in the capital early Sunday. “Madam (Khaleda) is now in CCU,” said her personal medical team member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain without elaborating the reason. Another physician of the BNP chief’s medical team said wishing anonymity that she was taken to the CCU at 3am from a Cabin to keep her under close observations. He said Khaleda was taken to the hospital as she was again suffering from intermittent body temperature and uncontrolled diabetes. The physician also said the BNP chief was looking feeble after undergoing some blood and other tests before shifting her to the CCU. Read: Govt ‘conspiring to kill’ Khaleda slowly: Abbas He said the medical board formed earlier for Khaleda’s treatment assessed the reports of her some medical tests and prescribed medicines accordingly.    Earlier, on Saturday, Khaleda was readmitted to Evercare Hospital for follow-up treatment, nearly a week after she was discharged from the same hospital. The 76-year-old BNP chief was admitted to the hospital as per the advice of the medical board, said Dr Zahid Hossain. He said Khaleda underwent some medical tests at the hospital after her admission. It is for the third time that the BNP chief was admitted to the hospital this year for various health complications. On October 12, Khaleda was admitted to Evercare Hospital for the second time with fever and some other health complications. Read: Khaleda’s biopsy report sent abroad for review: Dr Zahid She got back home on November 7 from the hospital after treatment for 26 days. On October 25, the BNP chief underwent a surgery and biopsy test at Evercare Hospital as she had a small lump in one part of her body. Later, her biopsy report was sent to the USA and the UK for review and no sign of cancer was detected. The BNP chief's physicians said she has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, ophthalmological and dental complications. On April 27 last, Khaleda was admitted to Evercare Hospital with Covid infections. She received treatment there until June 19 for post-Covid complications and some other underlying health problems.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital, was taken back to a cabin from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital on Thursday, just after a month. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said she was moved to the cabin around 5pm as per the advice of her physicians. "Madame (Khaleda) has been brought to the cabin as her long stay in the CCU is risky. As she has already had infections there, the doctors have advised taking her back to the cabin,” he said. Also read: Post-Covid complications affected Khaleda’s heart, kidneys: Fakhrul He said the BNP chief will be given treatment for post-Covid complications with CCU facilities in the cabin. The 76-year-old BNP chief, who tested positive for Covid-19 on April 11, was admitted to Evercare Hospital on April 27. She was shifted to the CCU of the hospital with shortness of breath on May 3. Also read: Remove barriers to sending Khaleda abroad: BNP On April 28, a 10-member medical board, headed by Prof Shahabuddin Talukder, was formed for the treatment of Khaleda at the Evercare Hospital a day after her admission there. She tested negative for Covid-19 on May 8, 27 days after she had been infected with the deadly virus, but the BNP chief has still been suffering from post-Covid complications. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government freed Khaleda Zia from jail for six months through an executive order suspending her sentences on March 25 last year.

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