Three BNP ministers fall ill, two hospitalized
Three senior BNP leaders and government ministers suddenly fell ill and were admitted to hospital. They are Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, Mr. Mizanur Rahman Minu and Mr. Abdul Awal Mintu. Mr. Abdul Awal Mintu felt a little better and went home on the afternoon of the day before yesterday. Yesterday, President Mr. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, the Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, who is still in hospital.
Bangabhaban said the President went to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka yesterday morning. He asked about the health of the Local Government Minister and wished him a quick recovery. The minister’s wife, Advocate Ms. Roksana Khandaker, was present at the time. Doctors, including heart specialist Professor Dr. Shahabuddin Talukder of Evercare Hospital, told the President about the latest condition of Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan.
Mr. Moyeen Khan was admitted to Evercare Hospital earlier this week with chest pain. He suffers from breathing trouble and heart disease because of lung inflammation caused by pneumonia. Doctors are keeping him under close watch. His condition is stable now.
Before the President’s visit, the day before yesterday, BNP Acting Secretary General and Adviser to the Prime Minister Mr. Ruhul Kabir Rizvi visited the hospital to ask about Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan’s health. BNP Standing Committee member and Social Welfare Minister Dr. A Z M Zahid Hossain also went with him. The family has asked the people of the country to pray for his quick recovery and good health.
Meanwhile, Land Minister Mr. Mizanur Rahman Minu, who is also an adviser to the BNP Chairman, suddenly fell ill earlier this week. He was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. He had anaemia, so doctors gave him several bags of blood. The day before yesterday, in the morning, he was brought from Rajshahi to Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) in the capital for better treatment and admitted there. Doctors say the Land Minister is now a little better.
Yesterday, BNP Standing Committee member and Adviser to the Prime Minister Mr. Mirza Abbas went to BMU to see Land Minister Mr. Mizanur Rahman Minu. His personal assistant, Mr. Mizanur Rahman Sohel, said he visited the minister in the hospital’s cabin block yesterday afternoon. Mr. Sohel said Mr. Mirza Abbas asked about the minister’s health and learned about his condition from the doctors. He also wished the minister a quick recovery. The day before yesterday, BNP Acting Secretary General and Adviser to the Prime Minister Mr. Ruhul Kabir Rizvi had also visited the hospital to ask about the minister’s health.
The Land Minister’s APS, Mr. Nazmul Haque Dicken, said the minister was moved from Rajshahi to BMU Hospital for better treatment. A medical board of specialist doctors has been formed there, and they are treating him. The doctors have asked the minister to take many tests, and those tests are being done. He is a little better now. The minister has asked the people of the country to pray for his recovery. Meanwhile, after Friday prayers yesterday, people prayed for the recovery of Land Minister Mr. Mizanur Rahman Minu in mosques across Rajshahi city.
On the other hand, BNP Vice Chairman and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Mr. Abdul Awal Mintu also felt suddenly unwell. He was admitted to Continental Hospital in the capital on the night of earlier this week. But he felt a little better and went home on the afternoon of the day before yesterday. In a status on his own verified Facebook page, Mr. Abdul Awal Mintu thanked everyone. He wrote that he went to the hospital early because he felt unwell, but the matter was not very serious. He added that, thanks be to God, he is well and on the way to recovery.
