Mirza Abbas stable after surgery; efforts underway to take him abroad for advanced treatment
Sources at the BNP media cell said Abbas’s CT scan report is satisfactory.
BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed is under close observation following a successful brain surgery, while efforts are underway to take him abroad for advanced treatment, doctors said.
Speaking to reporters today (14 March), Dr Shahabuddin Talukder, a specialist at Evercare Hospital Dhaka, said Abbas had no brain haemorrhage but developed an infection.
According to the physician, whether Abbas, the prime minister's political adviser and lawmaker for Dhaka-8, can be taken abroad for advanced treatment at this moment will depend entirely on the improvement of his physical condition.
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Sources at the BNP media cell said Abbas's CT scan report is satisfactory. However, the specialised support and intensive monitoring currently required for his treatment are not sufficiently available in the country. For this reason, his family and party are trying to send him abroad as soon as possible for better medical care.
BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam said Abbas will remain under intensive observation by a medical board for 72 hours.
Earlier, 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.
The 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.
