BNP demands Khaleda's treatment at specialized hospital

Senior Correspondent: Alleging that consultation from personal physicians of their chairperson Khaleda Zia is not being taken, BNP on Sunday demanded treatment of their chairperson at a specialized hospital immediately.

The party also opposed the government’s decision to send their chairperson Khaleda Zia to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as it thinks her proper treatment is not possible there.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi renewed their demand while speaking at an emergency press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the capital.

He renewed their demand for ensuring her treatment at United Hospital in the capital.

“She (Khaleda) is not happy over her treatment at PG (BSMMU). She’s not willing to receive treatment there as her proper treatment is not possible at the hospital. She won’t receive treatment there,” he said.

The BNP senior joint secretary said, “We think her proper treatment is not possible at the PG hospital. So, we urge the government once again to provide her treatment at the United Hospital.”

Justifying their demand, Rizvi said Khaleda had long been receiving treatment and undergoing medical checkup at the United Hospital before she was sent to jail.

Besides, he said, “The hospital has all modern and sophisticated medical equipment by which her proper and error-free health diagnosis is possible.”

Earlier in the day, Law Minister Anisul Huq and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Khaleda will be sent to BSMMU on Sunday for medical tests as her personal physicians claimed she had suffered a ‘mild stroke’ in jail.

They, however, did not exactly say at what time she will be taken to the BSMMU as it depends on jail authorities.

Earlier on Saturday, Khaleda’s four personal physicians examined her health at the Old Central Jail and said she might have suffered a mild stroke.

Since March 29, the BNP has been claiming that their chairperson’s health condition is very critical, citing it as one of the reasons to demand her immediate release.

Khaleda Zia was sent to jail on February 8 last, now coming up to four months after a special court sentenced her to five years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.


risingbd/Dhaka/June 10, 2018/Reza/AI