Doctors find problem in Khaleda's waist bones

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has some problem in the joint of her waist bones, chief of the medical board formed for her treatment said today.

Due to aging and current illness, this inconsistency in her waist might have been created, said Prof M S Zaman Shaheen who is leading the four-member medical board, told this to The Daily Star this afternoon.

The members of the medical board this morning discussed the test report it received yesterday from the jail authorities, said Dr Shaheen, also the head of orthopedic department at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Khaleda's blood test results came up normal, he said.

The BNP chief was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for some medical tests on Saturday from the city's old central jail.

X-rays of her spine, hip joint and pelvis were done at the hospital.

On April 1, after examining her at the jail, the medical board said Khaleda had been suffering from some old and new health problems, but none of those was serious.

Khaleda was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by a Dhaka court in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on February 8.