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Bangladesh Declines Jailed Ex-PM Khaleda Zia s Request To Go Abroad For Treatment
Bangladesh, on May 9, declined a petition by former PM Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment. The 76-year-old had contracted coronavirus in April.
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Bangladesh, on May 9, declined a petition by former PM Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment. “There is no judicial provision that permits a jailed convict to go abroad for treatment, the country s Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan asserted declining her proposal. Zia, who had served as the country’s PM for two terms, was convicted of embezzlement of foreign donations.
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Published: 09 May 2021 10:49 AM BdST
Updated: 09 May 2021 10:57 AM BdST BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was released from BSMMU on Wednesday after 25 months behind bars. The government suspended her prison term for six months conditionally on ‘humanitarian grounds’ amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Khaleda’s third test yielded a negative result, while the first and second test results were positive, said Dr Muhammad Al Mamun, a member of the medical panel treating the BNP chief.
On Apr 11, Khaleda tested positive for the coronavirus. She began her treatment, supervised by her personal physician Dr FM Siddiqui, at her Gulshan home. She took another coronavirus test after 14 days on Apr 25 and tested positive again. The result returned negative after the BNP chairperson tested for the t
Govt’s no to Khaleda’s treatment abroad
The government has turned down the plea of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family to take her abroad for treatment.
“There is no scope for Khaleda Zia’s treatment abroad,” said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan while talking to journalists at his Secretariat office on Sunday.
Khaleda Zia’s sentence has been commuted as per Section 401, he said, adding that there is no scope for giving the opportunity for the second time.
“So, we can’t grant their plea.There is no judicial provision to let a convicted person to go abroad for treatment,” said the minister .
Khaleda Zia tests negative for Covid-19
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia finally tested negative for Covid-19, 27 days after she had been infected with the deadly virus.
“Madam (Khaleda) underwent the Covid test on Saturday and her report came out negative,” the BNP chief’s medical board member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain told early Sunday.
Another physician of her medical board said, “Madam is still being given oxygen support though her overall condition marked a little improvement. Her oxygen level is coming down to 90 percent when there’s no oxygen support,” he said.
The physician, wishing anonymity, said though the amount of fluid in her lungs has decreased, It’s still being extracted from her lungs which is now a matter of concern.