Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia’s condition has worsened and she has been placed on ventilator support, doctors announced. Cardiologist Shahabuddin Talukdar, chief of the medical board, said her breathing difficulties increased, her oxygen levels fell and carbon dioxide levels rose.
The 80-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, who has been treated at Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital since November 23 for multiple complications, had been on High Flow Nasal Cannula and BiPAP support. As there was no improvement, she was moved to elective ventilator support to rest her lungs and other vital organs.
A team of local and foreign specialists is monitoring her round the clock, the statement said, adding several of her vital organs remain under severe stress. Her kidney function has stopped and she is receiving regular dialysis and blood transfusions. The medical board also detected problems with her aortic valve.
