“Yesterday, we said the leader of the country, Begum Khaleda Zia, was seriously sick,” said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. She fell ill near the start of April and a medical board of Dhaka Medical College Hospital doctors was formed for her medical tests. The BNP demanded that she be allowed to see her personal doctors. On Apr 7 Khaleda Zia was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital for X-ray tests. Rizvi claimed at Monday’s press conference that though the medical board had recommended an ‘orthopedic bed’ be provided, the prison authority has yet to do so.

Source: bd News24 April 16, 2018 09:00 UTC