X-ray, blood test for Khaleda: Doctors

The medical board which was formed to check up BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has recommended x-ray and blood test for her treatment.

Khaleda landed in Dhaka’s old central jail as she was convicted in a corruption case.

The four-member medical board today sentits recommendation to the jail authority in this regard, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo.

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Responding to a query over the issue, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has saidhis government will initiate necessary measures based on the recommendation of the medical board.

The home minister was talking to reporters at his ministry officeon different aspectsahead of the Bangla New Year (PahelaBaishakh) celebration programme to be observed on April 14, ProthomAlo said

On Sunday, members of the medical board visited the BNP chief at the central jail and on Monday theysaid that Khaleda is ill but she is not in seriousstate, the daily reports.

After visiting Khaleda, Prof Shamsuzzaman, who is head of the four-member board and chief of the orthopedics of the DMCH, told reporters that the BNP leader has been suffering from pain in her neck, hands and legs.

In the recommendation, Khaleda Zia has been asked take exercise regularly. Alongside this, x-ray and blood test have been recommended for the sake of her treatment, Shamsuzzaman said.

"After all, she is ill but her illness is not serious," the medical board chief said.

On February 8, a special court in Dhaka sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years' rigorous imprisonment in a graft.