Dhaka,
Jun 22 (UNB)- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital in
the capital early today after suddenly falling ill.
"Madame was rushed
to the hospital on doctors' advice," said Khaleda's personal physician,
Professor AZM Zahid Hossain.
He said the BNP chief
was taken to the hospital by ambulance around 3:05 am.
Later, she was admitted
to the Critical Care Unit (CCU) at 3:30 am.
Khaleda last went to
Evercare Hospital on May 1 for a health check-up. During the visit, doctors treated
her at the CCU for two days.
The former prime
minister, aged 79, has long battled various ailments, including liver
cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, and issues related to the kidney, lung, heart,
and eyes.
Since her conditional
release from prison in 2020, the BNP chief has been receiving medical care
repeatedly at the hospital under the supervision of a medical board headed by
cardiologist Prof. Shahabuddin Talukder.
Khaleda's doctors have
been advising to send her abroad since she was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis
in November 2021.
On October 26 last year,
three US specialist doctors completed a hepatic procedure known as transjugular
intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS procedure) to stop water accumulation in
Khaleda's stomach and chest, and bleeding in her liver.
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