Hasina's medical treatment

I appreciate Mr, Rashed Suhrawardy for writing a column entitled “Hasina should be allowed medical treatment abroad immediately” in The Daily Star on 18th February, 2008. I do also agree with him on the point that Sheikh Hasina should be allowed medical treatment abroad immediately. This is not because Hasina was the prime minister of Bangladesh that she should be allowed to go abroad for her treatment. But the point is that “a nine member medical team after examining the detained former prime minister at Square Hospital in the city made three recommendations including sending Hasina to the United States for treatment of her hearing problems”. Dr Syed Modasser Ali, Hasina's personal physician and also a member of the medical team that conducted her check-up at the Square Hospital said that she needs treatment of her ears in the United States. “ Her hearing could be permanently impaired if she is not given treatment immediately. She needs treatment in the US where she received ear treatment earlier”, said Dr Modasser.
We all know how Sheikh Hasina got her hearing problem and how she narrowly escaped from the 21st August bomb blast in 2004. Yes, Mr Rashed Suhrawardy correctly pointed out “I am asking this government to look into her personal condition. She had to suffer the mental and physical torture of being in solitary confinement since last July” (The Daily Star, February 18, 2008).
The way Sheikh Hasina is being treated is not decent at all. She did not commit any crime for which she won't be allowed to get her treatment abroad. I'll appeal to the caretaker government not to do anything that can harm their image to the posterity.