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BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence in the capital on Thursday night after receiving treatment for a day at the Evercare Hospital.
Party’s media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan said the BNP chief left the hospital at 8:20 pm and reached home around 9:00 pm.
Her personal physician AZM Zahid Hossain said she was discharged from the hospital as per the advice of the medical board. “The board took the decision after reviewing her medical test reports," he added.
Zahid said the BNP chairperson would now be provided with treatment at home.
Earlier on Wednesday night, Khaleda was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital and placed in the CCU following the advice of the medical board.
UNB reports Khaleda was shifted to a cabin from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) in the afternoon and underwent several urgent tests at night.
Based on the test reports, the medical board determined her next course of medical treatment.
Since her conditional release from prison in 2020, the BNP chief has been receiving medical care at the hospital under the supervision of a medical board headed by cardiologist Prof Shahabuddin Talukder.
The 79-year-old former prime minister has long been battling various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, and issues related to the kidney, lung, heart, and eyes.
Khaleda's physicians have been advocating her treatment abroad since she was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis in November 2021.
On October 26 last year, three US specialist doctors performed the hepatic procedure known as transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS procedure) to alleviate fluid accumulation in Khaleda Zia’s abdomen and chest, as well as to address bleeding in her liver.