BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday returned to her residence in the capital’s Gulshan at the end of her five-month long treatment process.
She was released from the Evercare Hospital in the capital Dhaka.
The former Prime Minister was released from the hospital at around 5:00 pm on Thursday and returned to her Gulshan residence.
BNP’s media cell official concerned, Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the news.
Khaleda Zia was admitted to the hospital on last August 9 and has been treated for various health complications.
According to her physician AZM Zahid Hossain, members of Zia's medical board reviewed her overall condition and decided to discharge her as she is now stable.
“The physical condition of the BNP leader is now much more stable. Besides, she had been in the
hospital for a long time. Considering all these, she was allowed to go home,” Dr Hossain added.
The 78-year-old former prime minister has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems.
She was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust corruption cases and has been imprisoned since 8 February 2018. On 25 March 2020, the government's executive order suspended her sentence and granted her conditional release.
