Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday fixed today (Thursday) for delivering its order on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking its directive on the government to send her to the United Hospital or in the city’s any other specialized hospital for treatment.
The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil set the date after concluding the hearing on the petition. During the hearing, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Advocate A J Mohammad Ali told the court that the government formed the medical board with the doctors of Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad, a pro-Awami League doctors’ forum, for the treatment of Khaleda Zia.
Khaleda Zia may not get fair treatment from the government, although getting fair treatment is her fundamental right, he said.
He prayed to the HC to direct the government to send Khaleda Zia to a specialized hospital as per her choice for treatment.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam opposed the writ petition, saying that the jail authorities have taken steps for providing necessary treatments to Khaleda Zia.
On September 9, Khaleda filed the writ petition on health grounds, as she has been suffering from various illnesses.
In her petition, she prayed for her treatment in a specialised hospital.
Meanwhile, a medical board formed by the government on September 13 recommended that Khaleda Zia could be admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
The former Prime Minister has been serving a Dhaka court sentence since February 8 in Zia Orphanage Trust case.
