Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has visited ailing Road Minister Obaidul Quader, who is undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, reports BSS.
Kamal went to Singapore hospital on Friday (Mar 23) and talked to Quader’s wife Isratunnesa Quader and enquired about the minister’s health, said a press release of the Finance Ministry on Saturday (Mar 23).
The finance minister also prayed for early recovery of his Cabinet fellow.
Meanwhile, Quader talked to a doctor as his endotracheal tube (artificial ventilation) was removed, said physicians.
“Quader’s endotracheal tube has been removed and the dose of his sleeping pill is also being reduced gradually,” BSMMU director Professor Abu Nasar Rizvi, who is coordinating the treatment, briefed Quader’s family and others at Mount Elizabeth Hospital lobby on Saturday.
“After removing the tube, he (Quader) talked to me,” said the doctor.
Quader’s wife Isratunnesa Quader, his younger brother and Basurhat Pourashava Mayor Abdul Quader Mirza, Shafiqul Islam Shimul, MP, and other members of Quader’s family were present.
On Mar 20, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Sivathasan Cumaraswamy, senior member of the medical board, conducted the Awami League general secretary’s surgery.