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[2] BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has visited Evercare Hospital for a health check-up, recommended by her personal doctor, as her body temperature was fluctuating over the past few days, report UNB, bdnews24.com.Khaleda arrived at the hospital from her Gulshan residence around 3:30 pm yesterday.
[3] “A medical board, led by cardiologist Dr Shahabuddin Talukder, is reviewing her previous reports,” Khaleda’s personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said. “The decision of the board will be disclosed afterwards.”
[4] The 76-year-old former prime minister was convicted in two graft cases and was taken to jail three years ago.[5] In April 2020, in the light of the COVID pandemic, the government granted a request from her family for a conditional temporary release from jail for “humanitarian reasons”.[6] She has since stayed at her Gulshan home under the care of her personal doctors and has had limited interaction with others.