Bangladesh News

The condition of Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil undergoing treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore since March 3 deteriorated further yesterday as his kidneys are not functioning properly.

“The AL leader’s kidney condition has got worse than what it was while receiving treatment at the LabAid Cardiac Hospital in Dhaka. His body has swelled as fluid got trapped in his body,” Matiur Rahman, chief cardiologist at the LabAid Cardiac Hospital, told The Daily Star last night.

Jalil talked to Matiur over phone at about 6:00pm yesterday and informed him about his physical condition.

The AL leader has been shifted from the special care unit to an apartment near the hospital.

Dr Akira Wu, a consultant nephrologist at the hospital, will supervise Jalil at the apartment from where the AL leader has to go to the hospital twice a week for medical check-up.

Doctors told Jalil that he might have to undergo emergency kidney dialysis early next week if his condition does not improve.

Jalil has long been suffering from heart and kidney problems compounded by diabetes.

Joint forces arrested Jalil from his Mercantile Bank office in the capital’s Motijheel on May 28 last year. He had been detained under Special Powers Act for over six months.