India’s renowned Cardiac Surgeon Dr Devi Shetty is flying to Dhaka on Monday to treat ailing Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital.

AL Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif told this to reporters after visiting Obaidul Quader at the hospital on Monday morning.

‘Quader’s health condition remained stable and as yet, he is not out of danger,’ Prof Syed Ali Ahsan, chairman of the cardiology department of the hospital, told newsmen this morning.

Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, has been kept on life support and put under doctors’ close observation, he said, adding ‘his treatment will continue in the country for the time being’.

Obaidul Quader was admitted to the BSMMU Hospital as he had breathing problem after Fajr prayers yesterday.

He was diagnosed with three blockages in his coronary artery while one block had already been removed yesterday morning, according to the BSMMU physicians. A medical team was also formed.

The minister was first taken to BSMMU Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at 8:30am on Sunday and then shifted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital.