Mirza Abbas to be flown to Singapore tomorrow for advanced treatment
Abbas will be flown to Singapore by air ambulance at 11am tomorrow.
BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed will be taken to Singapore tomorrow (15 March) for advanced medical treatment.
His personal secretary, Mizanur Rahman Sohel, told reporters today (14 March) that Abbas will be flown to Singapore by air ambulance at 11am tomorrow.
His wife Afroza Abbas, president of the Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, and their eldest son Mirza Yasser Abbas Bhashan will accompany him.
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Abbas, the prime minister's political adviser and lawmaker for Dhaka-8, has been under intensive observation since undergoing brain surgery yesterday at Evercare Hospital.
BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam said a CT scan of Abbas's brain was conducted this morning and the report came back satisfactory.
Abbas was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital's Bashundhara area after he suddenly fell ill and lost consciousness during iftar on 11 March.
A medical board decided at a meeting yesterday (13 March) to carry out urgent brain surgery on Abbas. After the surgery, he was shifted to the Neuro ICU.
