President’s condition unchanged

The health condition of President Zillur Rahman, who has been undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital, has remained unchanged, says a press note issued by Bangabhaban yesterday. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged people to pray at all mosques and other religious institutions for the early recovery of the president. Zillur Rahman was flown to Singapore Sunday night and admitted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital yesterday morning. All necessary medical examinations and treatment of the president are going on under intensive observation of specialised physicians of the hospital. Zillur’s son Nazmul Hassan Papan, a ruling Awami League lawmaker, who is attending to the president, told BSS by phone that Zillur was suffering from severe lung infection and that doctors began removing water from his lungs as his condition stabilized a little. Before being taken to Singapore, Zillur was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka Saturday night with respiratory problems. Bangabhaban official sources said the 83-year-old president was on respiratory support while boarding the aircraft. Zillur had been suffering from fever since Saturday morning and taken to CMH after he had developed breathing problems.