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Quader taken to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore

Quader taken to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore

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BD Online Desk: Ailing Awami League general secretary was taken to Mount Elizabeth Hospital after the air ambulance landed at Seletar Airport in Singapore at around 8:10pm on Monday evening, media reports.

He has been shifted to Coronary Care Unit (CCU) soon after he was rushed to the hospital.

He will be treated under the supervision of Mount Elizabeth Hospital’s cardiologist Philip Koh.

Earlier, the air ambulance carrying Obaidul Quader left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 3:50pm on Monday.

The decision to shift him in Singapore was taken after the road transport and bridges minister was examined by renowned Indian cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty on Monday afternoon.

The decision was announced at a media conference by BSMMU Vice Chancellor Kanak Kanti Barua after Dr Shetty briefed the other doctors giving positive opinion about Quader's overseas medical trip.

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