প্রকাশ: 29/11/2021
BNP leader
Khaleda Zia is allowed to bring any doctors from abroad and she is free to take
treatment anywhere in the country, Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen said on Monday.
He said the
government wants to uphold the rule of law in the country.
Dr. Momen made
the remarks while briefing reporters at the State guesthouse Padma.
Earlier, he
briefed diplomats stationed in Dhaka on a number of current issues including
Khaleda Zia's treatment and the upcoming World Peace Conference to be held in Dhaka
in the first week of December.
Previously on
20 November, Law Minister Anisul Huq also said the government will have no
objection if BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's family and the political party want
to bring home any specialized doctor from abroad.
After being
convicted in a graft case, the former prime minister landed in jail in February
2018. Following the outbreak of Covid-19, the government on 25 March last year
granted her temporary release on conditions at the request of her family.
Her family and
BNP have been vocal since then to allow Khaleda to avail treatment abroad. But
the government says she cannot leave the country as per the conditions of the
temporary release.
The 76-year-old
BNP chief has been suffering from arthritis, diabetes, and several eye issues
for many years. She got infected with coronavirus in April this year while
staying at her Gulshan residence.
On 27 April,
she was admitted to Evercare Hospital owing to post-Covid complications. She
then had been in the critical care unit (CCU) for about two months. In the
third week of June, she was discharged and then got admitted to the hospital
again after around four months.
In the last
week of November this year, Khaleda's doctors at a press conference said not
only was she diagnosed with liver cirrhosis, but has also started passing
blood.
While
elaborating her medical conditions, the doctors said Khaleda needs TIPS
(transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) technology to intervene and
this is available in some specific advanced centers in the USA, UK, and
Germany.
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