BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital on Sunday for some more medical tests, six days after she had several required tests in the same hospital. The BNP chief reached the hospital around 9:45pm from her Gulshan residence, said her media wing member Shamsuddin Didar. She was later admitted to the hospital as per doctors’ advice, he said. Khaleda’s medical team member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said the BNP chief will undergo some more medical tests as per the advice of her medical board. Zahid said the medical board is expected to sit on Monday to review the test reports and decide the next course of her treatment. Read: EVMs to be used in maximum 150 constituencies in next national polls: EC Khaleda Zia is staying at a cabin in the hospital. Earlier on August 22, Khaleda underwent Echo, ECG, USG, X-ray and blood tests, as a follow-up after coronary angioplasty. Reviewing the reports of those tests, the medical board recommended admitting the BNP chief to the hospital for some more tests. Khaleda, a 77-year-old former prime minister, has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis. On June 10, the BNP chief suffered a heart attack due to a 95 per cent block in her left artery and a stent was placed there by removing the blockage at the same hospital the following day. Khaleda spent some time in Old Dhaka Central Jail as a lower court sentenced her to five years' imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8, 2018. Later, she was found guilty in another corruption case the same year. Read: Khaleda undergoes required medical tests at Evercare Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government temporarily freed Khaleda from jail through an executive order suspending her sentence on March 25, 2020, on conditions that she would stay at her Gulshan house, and would not leave the country. The BNP chief was admitted to Evercare Hospital six times since she was infected with Covid-19 in April 2021. Khaleda’s family submitted several applications to the government seeking permission to send her to an advanced centre abroad for the treatment of her multiple health complications, but the government has rejected it every time as she was convicted of corruption by the court in two cases.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Owners Association (BGMEA) and Evercare have signed an agreement under which Evercare Hospitals in Dhaka and Chattogram will provide health services to the eligible owners and employees of all BGMEA member organizations. Evercare Chief Marketing Officer Vinay Kaul and Vice President of BGMEA Shahidullah Azim signed the agreement recently. This will include providing timely access to services and privileges pertaining to pricing. “BGMEA-Evercare BIG4” is a workplace health initiative that aims to partner with relevant stakeholders across public and private organizations in Bangladesh, said BGMEA on Wednesday. The initiative focuses on prevention, timely diagnosis and management of non-communicable diseases among the working  population, it said. READ: BGMEA plants trees to commemorate Bangabandhu The 4 non-communicable diseases addressed in the initiative are Diabetes, Cancer, Cardiovascular and Chronic Respiratory diseases (including COVID-19 related). BGMEA President Faruque Hassan, Vice President Miran Ali, Directors Md. Mohiuddin Rubel and Tanvir Ahmed, former BGMEA Director Ashikur Rahman Tuhin, A M Abul Kashem Rony, DGM, Corporate Marketing and Md. Iftekhar Hossain, Assistant Manager from Evercare were present. “We are honored to collaborate with BGMEA on such a significant workplace health initiative. We at Evercare believe that this collaboration will positively influence the health behaviors of large proportions of the working population and help build a healthier nation,” said Vinay Kaul from Evercare. READ: BGMEA joins hands with Good Fashion Fund to finance SMEs in sustainability Faruque Hassan, President of BGMEA said, “It’s our immense pleasure to have this partnership with Evercare as this initiative has the potential to facilitate better access to health care and improve health status of BGMEA Members and their families.”