TDS Desk:

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has started the process to take the party’s chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced medical treatment.

Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, BNP standing committee member and Khaleda Zia’s personal physician, told that    on Tuesday (October 29).

Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said Begum Khaleda Zia will be taken to London first by a long distanced specialised air ambulance. From there, she will be taken to a multi-disciplinary medical centre in a third country.

Earlier, he said the process of taking Khaleda Zia abroad would start once permission was received from the physicians at Evercare Hospital.

Meanwhile, Khaleda Zia’s personal assistant ABM Abdus Sattar told that    that process has started to take Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced treatment. However, the date has not been finalised yet.

The 79-year-old BNP leader has been suffering from multiple health complications, including liver cirrhosis, heart disease, lung and kidney issues, arthritis, and diabetes.

Following the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government through the student-led mass uprising, Begum Khaleda Zia returned home on August 21 last after staying at Evercare Hospital at Gulshan over a month.