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Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia is scheduled for today to leave Dhaka for London for medical treatment.
She would be admitted to the London Clinic in the United Kingdom for advanced treatment, BNP standing committee member AZM Zahid Hossain said at a briefing at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office on Monday.
After completing all the necessary formalities, the BNP chairperson is scheduled to depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:00pm on Tuesday on a special air ambulance provided by the emir of Qatar, with the planned route, including stops in Doha and London’s Heathrow International Airport,’ he said.
Khaleda would be taken to London Clinic directly from Heathrow International Airport and she would be undergoing treatment at the hospital, Zahid, also the personal physician of the BNP chairperson.
He said that Qatar emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani provided the special aircraft of the royal fleet to Khaleda after learning about the illness of the BNP chairperson.
The special air ambulance will have four doctors and paramedics from Qatar onboard while six members of Khaleda’s medical board from Dhaka will accompany her on the flight.
The medical team includes Shahabuddin Talukder, FM Siddique, Naruddin Ahmed, Zafar Iqbal, AZM Zahid Hossain and Mohammad Al Mamun.
Besides, Khaleda is accompanied by her late son Aarafat Rahman’s wife Sharmila Rahman Shithi, BNP chairperson’s advisory council member Enamul Haque Chowdhury, BNP executive committee member Tabith Awal and her private secretary ABM Abdus Sattar, along with a few personal staff, Zahid said.
Khaleda, 79, has long been suffering from several health complications, including liver cirrhosis, heart disease and kidney problems.
‘The patient, currently under treatment for multiple ailments, is being taken to the London Clinic, a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary centre, where doctors will evaluate his condition and decide the next course of action,’ Zahid said.
If the London Clinic recommends, Khaleda may need to be taken to Johns Hopkins University Hospital in the United States, he said in response to a question.
‘The London Clinic will determine the next course of treatment,’ he said.
He said that the BNP chairperson had the desire to perform Umrah as a way of expressing gratitude after all the torture and hardship, but it had not been pre-decided and would depend on the circumstances.
– Input from New Age was used in this article.
