A medical team from Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital has advised against taking Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader abroad for treatment.
They entered Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) around 7:45pm Sunday and met with Quader's medical board, Director Brig Gen Md Abdullah-Al-Harun told reporters.
The minister is stable but still in critical condition, his doctors said at a press briefing on Sunday afternoon at BSMMU, where the he is being kept at the CCU.
Three of his coronary arteries were found blocked and his diabetes was found to be uncontrolled, BSMMU cardiology head Syed Ali Ahsan said.
He blinked when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called his name, and when President Abdul Hamid spoke to him, he opened his eyes and tried to speak, doctors said.
Dr Asit Baran Adhikary said Quader was responding well to treatment.
BSMMU Vice Chancellor Professor Kanak Kanti Barua answers questions regarding Obaidul Quader's health during a press briefing at BSMMU on March 3, 2019 |Dhaka Tribune He said the minister had a heart attack around 3am, and he was brought into the CCU around 8am.
When he was coming in, his heart had stopped for about 2-3 minutes.
Quader was admitted to the hospital after he fell sick Sunday morning.
Senior Public Relations Officer Abu Naser of Roads and Highways Division said Quader had complained about difficulty regarding his breathing after the Fajr prayers.
Later, he was taken to the BSMMU.
Cannot be moved now
The board said it would be risky to move him for treatment abroad in this condition.
There was a medical team on its way from Singapore with an airbus, BSMMU VC Kanak Kanti Barua told reporters.
“We do not no when they are due to arrive. But we will have to assess whether he is stable enough to take a flight,” he said.
Quader’s Personal Secretary Gautam Chandra said the minister was admitted to the CCU of the hospital around 8:30am.
He said a medical board, led by BSMMU Vice Chancellor Prof Kanak Kanti Barua, has been formed for the treatment of the minister.
Earlier in the morning, Dr Barua told the media that doctors found three blockages in his coronary artery following an angiogram.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, prime minister’s Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam, and Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni visited him at the hospital.