Condition of Matin improves slightly

Language movement veteran Abdul Matin has not regained consciousness even two days after a brain surgery.
“He hasn’t regained consciousness yet. But doctors are saying his condition has improved a little compared to Thursday,” Matin’s political colleague Mafijur Rahman Laltu told bdnews24.com Friday evening.
He said Matin’s blood pressure had dropped slightly Thursday night but there are no other problems now, he said.
The operation was performed Wednesday at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) to remove a blood clot from his brain. The surgery was primarily successful, but he has remained unconscious since then.
Matin, 88, was admitted to Dhaka's City Hospital Monday in a critical condition, where doctors identified the clot. He was transferred to the BSMMU Tuesday.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim went to see him at the hospital soon after the surgery.
BSMMU Vice Chancellor Prof Pran Gopal Datta said the hospital was bearing entire cost of Matin’s treatment.
Matin, a leader of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, was born on Dec 3, 1926 at Dhublia village under Sirajganj’s Chouhali Upazila.
He entered Dhaka University in 1945.
He is known as ‘Bhasha Matin’ (language warrior Matin) for his role as the convenor of the all-party state language movement committee in 1952.