Jalil to undergo kidney dialysis

Doctors examining Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore yesterday decided to go for kidney dialysis, saying that kidney transplant would be highly risky for him.
After examining Jalil yesterday, Dr Akira Wu, a consultant nephrologist, and Dr Philip Koh, a cardiologist, at the hospital, decided to go for shunt operation on him at 11:00am today, said the AL leader's personal physician Dr Baren Chakraborti at LabAid Cardiac Hospital in Dhaka.
Although Jalil's wife preferred kidney transplant, the doctors decided not to go for it right now as it would be highly risky for him.
Baren Chakraborti, who had talked to Jalil yesterday, told The Daily Star last night that the operation would be conducted for hemo-kidney dialysis.
“He phoned me to tell him what to do. He wanted to know whether he should continue taking medicine rather than going for kidney dialysis," said Dr Baren.
He said Jalil's condition remained unchanged yesterday but he seemed to be broken down hearing the doctors' decision on operation.
The AL leader also talked to his other personal physician Dr Matiur Rahman, chief cardiologist of LabAid Cardiac Hospital.
Jalil, accompanied by his wife Rehana Jalil, flew to Singapore for treatment in the first hour of yesterday after being released on a 30-day parole on Monday night.
Abdul Jalil has been suffering from heart and kidney problems compounded by diabetes.
Joint forces arrested Jalil from his Mercantile Bank office in Motijheel of the capital on May 28 last year. He had been detained under Special Powers Act for over six months.
A case was filed against him on December 18 for concealing information in his wealth statement, but there has been little progress in the investigation.