Zafrullah’s condition ‘not fully stable’
The condition of Gonoshasthaya Kendra Founder and Trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury is "not fully stable", an official of Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital said yesterday.
"We can't say his condition is critical. But it is not fully stable. He was suffering from breathing problems Thursday night while undergoing kidney dialysis. The dialysis could not be completed. He was then given oxygen," the official told The Daily Star in the evening.
Earlier in the day, Dr Tanvir Chowdhury, assistant registrar at the hospital, said, "I just visited Dr Zafrullah in his hospital room. He still needs 6-7 litres of oxygen a day and he has breathing problems." he said.
"We are not calling his condition entirely risky, but he is not out of danger as well," the physician told this newspaper.
Zafrullah's lungs have been affected, which can be called an earlier stage of pneumonia, Tanvir said, adding that his chest X-ray reports were also not good.
"He requested everyone to pray for him," he said.
Zafrullah tested positive for Covid-19 on May 25. Plasma therapy was also administered on him and he had no major complications since he tested positive.
Gonoshasthaya Kendra in a Facebook post said it was seeking blessings from all for the recovery of Dr Zafrullah.
"We hope he will recover soon and start working again to build a Bangladesh he dreams of," it said.
Zafrullah made significant contributions to the country's health sector since the Liberation War in 1971. He was behind Bangladesh's drug policy that helped flourish its pharmaceutical industry.
The physician, also a freedom fighter, has been demanding fast approval of Gonoshasthaya Kendra-developed rapid test kit for Covid-19.
Testing with this kit would be cheaper and it would enable the authorities to go for large-scale testing and isolation measures, said Gonoshasthaya Kendra.
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