BSMMU submits Khaleda’s medical report to SC
The authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) submitted a written report on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health to the Supreme Court Registrar General on Wednesday.
Saifur Rahman, a particular officer of the Supreme Court, said a legal officer of the BSMMU took the report to any office of the Supreme Court Registrar General around 11:30am.
The report will be produced before a High Court (HC) bench which is scheduled to help expand hear a bail petition of Khaleda on Thursday in Zia Charitable Trust Graft case.
Previously Sunday last, the HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq asked BSMMU Vice Chancellor to submit a written report on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health by 5 pm today (Wednesday) and fixed February 27 (Thursday) for another hearing on the bail petition.
The court also asked the BSMMU VC to inform it three things -- whether Khaleda Zia allowed medical board to give her advanced treatment, whether she actually is being given the procedure and the most recent condition of her health.
On February 19, the BNP chief filed a brand new petition with the High Court seeking bail in the case, citing illness.
It was mentioned in the petition that the BNP chairperson is seriously ill and she needs advanced treatment. “Khaleda is not getting proper treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). She wants to go to London for better treatment if she gets bail.”
Speaking with reporters about the BSMMU report, Khaleda’s legal professional Khandker Mahbub Hossain said the BSMMU medical board may mention that the BNP chief did not allow them to provide her advance treatment as she denied getting a vaccine necessary for it.
He said Khaleda refused to take the vaccine fearing its unwanted effects. “She’s also in doubt if the BSMMU medical board can tackle the side ramifications of the vaccine. This’s the primary reason behind which Khaleda Zia didn’t permit the medical board for initiating the advanced treatment.”
Stating that Khaleda Zia’s condition is quite critical, Mahbub said it really is now urgent to provide her with international standard treatment.
Meanwhile, Anti-Corruption Commission’s lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan said Khaleda’s bail petition is not acceptable as she's been given advanced treatment at the BSMMU.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been around jail since February 8, 2018 as she was convicted in two corruption cases, including Zia Charitable Trust one .
On December 12, 2019, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court turned down the bail petition of Khaleda Zia in the graft case.
A particular court jailed the BNP chief and three others for seven years in the corruption case on October 29, 2018.
On August 8, 2011, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the Zia Charitable Trust case with Tejgaon police against four people, including Khaleda. They were accused of abusing power in raising funds for the trust from unknown sources.
