The condition of ailing Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, now undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka, has deteriorated further and has been placed on life support.
Health Minister Zahid Malik gave the information while speaking to reporters after visiting Ershad at the hospital on Monday afternoon, reports bdnews24.com.
Ershad has been ill for quite some time, suffering from low haemoglobin count and liver complications. He was admitted to the CMH on June 22.
“His condition is critical. He is on life support. The overall situation is critical,” said Malik, the son of retired colonel Abdul Malik, a former minister in Ershad’s government.
On the treatment of the leader of the official opposition in parliament, he said, “The doctors have given their opinions, He is not in a state to travel abroad. He will receive every possible treatment here.”
Ershad’s brother GM Quader, also acting chairman of Jatiya Party, and Moshiur Rahman Ranga, the party’s secretary general, were also at CMH.
