BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has undergone angioplasty with stenting at a hospital in Dhaka after she suffered a heart attack, prompting the party to reiterate its demand that she be allowed to receive treatment abroad, reports , bdnews24.com.
Doctors completed the angioplasty on the former prime minister at Evercare Hospital on Saturday afternoon after she suddenly fell ill in the wee hours and was rushed to the private facility.
Briefing the media at her Gulshan office, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the doctors found 99 percent of Khaleda's main artery blocked and used ballooning technology to insert the stent.
"Doctors are very much optimistic that this treatment will relieve her from the heart problem temporarily."
Citing the doctors, Fakhrul said Khaleda suffered a "mild" heart attack. Later at the hospital, she suffered symptoms, such as suffocation, prompting the doctors to conduct the angioplasty quickly. She was taken to the operation theatre at 1 pm and brought back to a Critical Care Unit cabin one and a half hours later.