UNO Wahida’s condition now better, says doctor

The physical condition of Ghoraghat upazila nirbahi officer Wahida Khanam was better, doctors said on Monday.

‘There’s no need to keep her at intensive care unit. She will be shifted to high dependency unit under intensive care,’ said Mohammad Zahed Hossain, chief of the Neurotrauma Department of the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital.

He also said that the medical board formed for the UNO took the decision after a 72-hour observation period ended on Sunday night.

‘However, the right side of her body is still paralysed and we didn’t see any improvement. Physiotherapy is needed for making it functional and we already have started it,’ he said at a press briefing.

Zahed Hossain, who heads the medical board formed for Wahida’s treatment, said that the patient inquired about her family members. ‘She’s still feeling a light pain in her head,’ he said.

Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam and her father Omar Ali were seriously injured in an attack by miscreants at her home on the Upazila Parishad premises early Thursday.

They were taken to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital.

Later, the UNO was airlifted to Dhaka by a Bangladesh Air Force helicopter. She is currently undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital.

The police arrested eight suspects including the prime accused in the case filed over the attack.

Earlier on Saturday, a court in Dinajpur placed two of the accused— Nabirul Islam and Santu Kumar—  on a seven-day remand each.