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Security was tightened around Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia as a specialist medical team from China joined efforts to treat the ailing politician, who remains in a highly critical condition at a private hospital in Dhaka.
Police erected a barricade at the main gate of Evercare Hospital around 2 am, with hospital sources saying more than two dozen personnel have been deployed to regulate patients’ movement and reinforce Zia’s security, The Daily Star newspaper reported.
The 80-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson was admitted to the hospital on November 23 after being diagnosed with infections affecting her heart and lungs.
Four days later, the three-time prime minister was shifted to the coronary care unit after several of her health complications worsened.
Zia is currently staying in a cabin on the fourth floor, where surrounding cabins have been vacated as part of heightened security protocols. The three-time prime minister was admitted to the private hospital on November 23 after being diagnosed with infections affecting her heart and lungs.
She was moved to the coronary care unit four days later as her complications worsened.
Her condition deteriorated further, and she was placed on ventilation on Sunday night, BNP Vice-Chairman Advocate Ahmed Aazam Khan said on Monday.
“She is in a very critical condition. There is nothing more to do except seek prayers from the whole nation,” he told reporters.
