‘Khaleda Zia still not fit for air travel’

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is still not physically fit for air travel to receive advanced treatment abroad, according to her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, reports UNB.
He, however, said all preparations have been made to take her to an advanced center in either the UK or the USA once she is ready to undertake a long flight.
Zahid made these remarks while talking reporters outside the BNP chairperson's residence in Gulshan on Wednesday night, after Khaleda Zia returned home from her latest stay at the capital's Evercare Hospital.
"Madam (Khaleda) needs to be taken to a multidisciplinary center, but she must be fit for that. Over time, her various medical conditions are worsening due to multiple health issues," he said.
Zahid, also a BNP standing committee member, said Khaleda sometimes appears to be in good health, but then she quickly becomes unwell again. He pointed out that the physical strain and the negative pressure of flying-especially during take-off and landing-could pose risks due to her heart, liver, and kidney problems.
Doctors currently do not feel she is stable enough for a 12 to 13-hour journey.