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President off to London for health check-up
DHAKA, July 7, 2018 (BSS)-President M
Abdul Hamid today left here for London for
health check-up and treatment of eyes.
“A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Limited carrying the President took off from
Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport at
10:55 am,” President’s Assistant Press
Secretary (APS) Imranul Hasan told BSS.
Abdul Hamid is scheduled to have his check-
up at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Bupa Cromwell
Hospital in London.
Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury,
Local Government, Rural Development and Co-
operatives Minister Khandaker Mosharraf
Hossain, Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood
Ali, dean of diplomatic corps and ambassador of
Vatican to Bangladesh, British high
commissioner in Dhaka, cabinet secretary,
chiefs of the three services, prime minister’s
principal secretary, inspector general of
police (IGP), foreign secretary, and civil and
military high officials concerned saw him off
at the VVIP Lounge of the airport.
“The President is expected to return home
on July 15,” the APS added.
Earlier in October 2017, the 74-year-old
President Hamid also underwent health check-up
in London.
Abdul Hamid has been suffering from Glaucoma
since long. He used to have his health check-up
in London while he was the Speaker of the
Jatiya Sangsad (parliament).
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