Specialist doctors at Evercare Hospital installed a pacemaker in BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zias chest on Sunday afternoon. She has been kept under observation for 72 hours.
After the operation Khaledas personal physician Prof AZM Zahid Hossain told reporters, madam (Khaleda) had previous heart issues involving blockages that were treated with stenting. After a thorough assessment, the medical board has decided to implant a pacemaker in her chest.
Zahid said the doctors have initiated the process of installing a pacemaker at the hospital after taking Khaleda to a specially equipped room.
On behalf of BNP and Khaleda Zias family, Dr. Zahid requested the people of the country to pray for the speedy recovery of the former minister.
A medical board member said that after several meetings we have finally decided to implant a pacemaker on the former prime minister to address the problem.
Pacemakers are usually implanted as a permanent treatment, but they are sometimes used as a temporary measure to stabilize heart rhythms in people recovering from a heart attack, heart surgery, or a medication overdose that slowed their heart rate, he said.
Khaleda Zia was rushed to Evercare Hospital in an ambulance at around 3:30 am on Saturday as she suddenly fell ill at her residence, Firoza in Gulshan. She was quickly admitted to the CCU, where her medical treatment began under the supervision of a medical board.
The former prime minister, aged 79, has long been battling various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, and issues related to the kidney, lung, heart, and eyes.
On June 11, 2022, Khaleda Zia was diagnosed with multiple blockages in her heart at Evercare Hospital. One of these blockages was 95% blocked and was treated with stent placement at that time.
Since her conditional release from prison in 2020, the BNP chief has been receiving medical care frequently at the hospital under the supervision of a medical board headed by cardiologist Prof Shahabuddin Talukder.
Khaledas doctors have been advising sending her abroad since she was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis in November 2021.
On October 26 last year, three US specialist doctors completed a hepatic procedure known as the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS procedure) to stop water accumulation in Khaledas stomach and chest, and bleeding in her liver.
