She is scheduled to return home on October 5
She is scheduled to return home on October 5Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently in the US in connection with the 72nd UN General Assembly session, has undergone a successful gallbladder operation in Washington.
“She underwent a successful gallbladder surgery at a Washington hospital at 8pm on September 25 (Bangladesh time 6am on September 26),” her Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS over phone from the US capital on Wednesday.
Karim said the prime minister was taken to the hospital after she suddenly felt pain in abdomen. Doctors conducted her health checkup and decided to perform the surgery.
“She is now completely well after the successful operation … she sought ‘dua’ from the countrymen,” he said, adding that she was taking rest as per the doctors’ advice.
The prime minister was released from the hospital a day after the surgery and she returned to her place of residence in Washington.
Her younger sister Sheikh Rehana and son Sajeeb Wazed Joy were beside her.
“The prime minister will return home on October 5,” Karim said.
Sheikh Hasina reached Washington from New York on September 22 after attending the UNGA session. After staying in Washington for a week, she was scheduled to return home on October 2 via London.
The prime minister arrived in New York on September 17 to join the UN’s annual event.
