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[2] The physical condition of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is in a deteriorated state. Meanwhile, Sharmila Rahman, wife of Khaleda Zia’s deceased son Arafat Rahman Coco, arrived in Dhaka and she went to visit ailing Khaleda at Ever Care Hospital on Sunday (October 24), reports Prothom Alo.
[3] “Madam (Khaleda Zia) underwent a biopsy. She had conversations with her son Tariq Rahman and her brother Shamim Iskander after the surgery. Syeda Sharmila Rahman, her son Arafat Rahman’s widow, also talked to her. At present she is undergoing treatment at ICU. But she is doing well,” Dr Jahid Hossain, Khaleda’s personal physician, said while addressing a press briefing at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office this afternoon, reports The Daily Star.
[4] Sister Selima Islam yesterday said, Khaleda Zia’s condition is not good. Regular fever, kidney problems and sugar are not coming under control. There are many more complications and her treatment is not possible here, she has to go abroad, she added, reports bdmorning.com.
[5] Earlier on 27 April, Khaleda Zia was admitted to the same hospital with Covid-19 infection. She received treatment there until 19 June for post-coronavirus complications and some other underlying health problems.
[6] Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government freed Khaleda Zia from jail for six months through an executive order suspending her sentences on 25 March last year.