DHAKA, March 11, 2019 (BSS) – Ailing Awami League (AL) General Secretary
and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, who is undergoing
treatment at a Singaporean hospital, now can walk slowly as his health
condition improved further.
“He (Quader) now can walk slowly as his health condition improved
further,” Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Director Dr Abu
Naser Rizvi, who is staying beside the ailing politician, said this morning.
The hospital authorities also decided to shift Quader from the Intensive
Care Unit (ICU) to the cabin tomorrow, a press release of Road Transport and
Bridges ministry quoted Dr. Rizvi as saying.
He said the AL leader exchanged greetings with his family members, lawmaker
Ekramul Karim Chowdhury and party leaders who are beside him this morning.
Earlier, Dr Sivathasan Cumaraswamy, Cardiothoracic surgeon at Mount
Elizabeth Hospital apprised Quader’s family members of his latest physical
progress.
Quader’s wife Isratunnesa Quader, his younger brother and Basurhat
Pourashava Mayor Abdul Quader Mirza, nephew Lieutenant Colonel Fakhruddin
Ahmad, Deputy Publicity Secretary of AL Aminul Isla, Mayor of Gazipur City
Corporation Jahangir Alam and leaders of Singapore based Bangladesh Community
were present at that time.