Khaleda Zia’s doctors have not deemed her fit to fly, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday when asked about the possibility of taking her abroad for advanced medical treatment.
Although their party chief Khaleda Zia returned home from Evercare Hospital on Wednesday, she is not in good health, Fakhrul said.
He made the remark while exchanging views with journalists at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office.
“Begum Khaleda Zia is unwell. Her body temperature was high yesterday (Friday),” the BNP leader said.
Khaleda Zia had been hospitalised at Evercare Hospital for six days and returned to her Gulshan residence on September 18.
She was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday evening by her medical board, but she has been receiving treatment at home under close observation by doctors.
A specialised medical board, led by Professor Shahabuddin Talukdar, has been overseeing her treatment for a long time.
The doctors successfully installed a pacemaker in Khaleda Zia’s chest on June 23.
Khaleda has long been battling various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, and issues related to her kidneys, lungs, heart, and eyes.
The BNP chief’s doctors have been recommending sending her abroad since she was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis in November, 2021.
On October 26 last year, three US specialist doctors completed the hepatic procedure known as the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS procedure) to stop water accumulation in Khaleda Zia’s stomach and chest and bleeding in her liver.
