BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s condition is stable, but she has not yet fully recovered from various diseases, her personal physician Dr FM Siddique said on Saturday.
“She is stablebut not fully well,” he told reporters at a briefing at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan residence.
The physician said the medical team formed at Evercare Hospital together with experts from outside the country will continue Khaleda’s treatment at her house for the time being by keeping her under close observation.
Earlier, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia got back home from the capital’s Evercare Hospital after 54 days of treatment for Covid infections and other physical complications.
Explaining the BNP chief’s health condition, Dr FM Siddique said the critical condition of her heart, liver and kidneys caused by Covid complications eased to some extent. “But those illnesses still remain and we’ve not yet been able to complete the treatment and necessary process to address them. So, the risk is there for her.”
He said they have planned to treat her at home, but she may be taken to the hospital after two or three weeks for reviewing her condition. “The complications she has are primary diseases. We’ve taken some decisions from the medical board to treat them.”
Replying to a question as to why the BNP chief was brought back home without her full recovery, he said it has now become risky to keep her in the hospital for a long time since she had been affected with blood infections thrice.”
The 76-year-old BNP chief, who tested positive for Covid-19 on April 11, was admitted to Evercare Hospital on April 27.
She tested negative for Covid-19 on May 8 but was kept in the hospital for treatment for various comorbidities and post-Covid complications.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government freed Khaleda Zia from jail for six months through an executive order suspending her sentences on March 25 last year.
