Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who has been suffering from various post-Covid complications, was on Thursday shifted to the general cabin from the coronary care unit of Evercare Hospital in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka.
Confirming the matter, the former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s personal secretary ABM Abdus Sattar told New Age that Khaleda Zia was shifted to the general cabin as per the decision of the medical board formed for her treatment at the hospital.
He said that the BNP chief’s condition was developing.
Khaleda Zia, who tested positive for Covid-19 on April 11 and tested negative on May 5, was shifted to the CCU on May 3 with respiratory problems.
She was admitted to the hospital on April 28.
According to her family members and physicians, alongside post-Covid complications, Khaleda is also suffering from severe and uncontrolled rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cough-variant asthma and an autoimmune disorder that damages moisture-producing glands making it difficult to produce saliva and tears, with a need for bilateral knee replacement.
As she was infected with the virus, her heart and kidney-related complications deteriorated, physicians said.
BNP has been demanding her unconditional release to send her abroad for advance treatment while the government binned the application of Khaleda’s family in this regard.
