Hasina wants to return at Sept-end
Monday, 18 August 2008
Former Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina wants to return from the US at the end of September "even if her US doctors want to extend her treatment", her personal physician said Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.
When reminded about the September 6 deadline of her release from special jail, her personal physician and eye specialist Prof Syed Modasser Ali told the news agency: "We hope her release will be extended until the end of September."
"Sheikh Hasina believes she is completely innocent. Even if her US doctors want to extend her treatment further, she will return at the end of September," he had earlier told reporters at Mozibunnessa Eye Hospital.
"No obstacle will keep her abroad or bar her from participating in the election," Modasser Ali said.
The former Prime Minister wants an elected government to take power as soon as possible to solve the country's problems, he said.
Dr Modasser visited Hasina in the US, from July 17 to August 8, on her request.
"Sheikh Hasina is under the treatment of Harry A Quigley, director of the Wilmer Institute at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. I went there at her request and coordinated her treatment," he told reporters Sunday.
He said, "Sheikh Hasina is now taking full rest there. She uses the computer, reads the newspaper and watches the news. But she does not receive any phone calls and meets very few people."
"The doctors there have said it will take longer to complete her treatment. They may have to operate upon her left eye. She would need six more months for follow up treatment after that. However, she wants to return home at the end of September."
The AL president continues to suffer from eye and ear ailments, fluctuating blood pressure and allergy-related complications, the doctor said.
When reminded about the September 6 deadline of her release from special jail, her personal physician and eye specialist Prof Syed Modasser Ali told the news agency: "We hope her release will be extended until the end of September."
"Sheikh Hasina believes she is completely innocent. Even if her US doctors want to extend her treatment further, she will return at the end of September," he had earlier told reporters at Mozibunnessa Eye Hospital.
"No obstacle will keep her abroad or bar her from participating in the election," Modasser Ali said.
The former Prime Minister wants an elected government to take power as soon as possible to solve the country's problems, he said.
Dr Modasser visited Hasina in the US, from July 17 to August 8, on her request.
"Sheikh Hasina is under the treatment of Harry A Quigley, director of the Wilmer Institute at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. I went there at her request and coordinated her treatment," he told reporters Sunday.
He said, "Sheikh Hasina is now taking full rest there. She uses the computer, reads the newspaper and watches the news. But she does not receive any phone calls and meets very few people."
"The doctors there have said it will take longer to complete her treatment. They may have to operate upon her left eye. She would need six more months for follow up treatment after that. However, she wants to return home at the end of September."
The AL president continues to suffer from eye and ear ailments, fluctuating blood pressure and allergy-related complications, the doctor said.