President and PM visit Quader at BSMMU
Dhaka: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday visited ailing Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), reports the UNB.
The President went to BSMMU at 4:17pm visited Quader at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU).
Abdul Hamid talked to doctors and enquired about the minister’s health condition.
He left the hospital around 4:38pm.
Just a few minutes before the President’s arrival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina departed the hospital visiting Quader.
Obaidul Quader, also general secretary of Awami League, was admitted to the CCU of BSMMU in the morning following his breathing complications.
Doctors found three blockages in his coronary artery following an angiogram, BSMMU cardiology department chairman Prof Syed Ali Ahsan.
He said Quader’s condition is still critical. ‘He’s not out of danger.’
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said preparations were going on to send Quader to Singapore for better treatment.