5-member Chinese medical team joins Khaleda Zia's treatment efforts

A five-member team of specialist doctors from China has arrived in Dhaka to assist in the treatment of ailing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who remains in a highly critical condition.

The delegation held a meeting on Monday afternoon with the medical board overseeing her treatment at Evercare Hospital, confirmed the board’s head and cardiologist Dr Shahabuddin Talukder.

Hospital sources said the team reviewed Khaleda Zia’s current health status and discussed necessary medical measures with local doctors. The main group of specialists is expected to reach Dhaka on Tuesday, depending on her condition.

Earlier in the day, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told reporters that Khaleda Zia remains in a critical state, with local and foreign doctors jointly coordinating her treatment.

In a separate briefing at noon, BNP Vice Chairman Advocate Ahmed Azam Khan said she had entered a “very critical condition. You may call it ventilation-level or extremely critical — she is in a very deep condition.”

Khaleda Zia has been undergoing intensive treatment for the past four days at the hospital’s Coronary Care Unit (CCU) amid longstanding complications related to her liver, kidneys and heart.