DHAKA NEWS
Dhaka, Mar 1 Foreign secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes has been flown to Singapore around 10.30pm.
Additional secretary in the foreign ministry M Mustafa Kamal, who was there at the Shahjalal International Airport for the send-off, that the air-ambulance would take him to Singapore, where he would be admitted to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
"His wife Naeema Chowdhury and a relative are accompanying him."
Earlier, Dhaka Combined Military Hospital's commandant Brig Gen Mehboobul Haque told bdnews24.com that the secretary (Quayes) was taken out of the hospital at around 9.45pm.
"He was on life support and is being flown to Singapore for advanced treatment by an air-ambulance on Thursday night," he said.
A foreign ministry official said secretary Quayes had to be rushed to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Tuesday after he complained of difficulty in breathing.
After tests, doctors found low oxygen level in his blood and advised that he be admitted to a hospital with intensive care facility.
Quayes was shifted to CMH on Wednesday and was breathing with a ventilator.
The military hospital formed a medical board comprising specialists from different disciplines on Thursday morning to evaluate his condition.
The board suggested taking him to Singapore.
The CMH commandant said they had kept him on life support 'to be on the safer side'.
"He was suffering from respiratory failure with septicemia, a life-threatening blood infection that worsens very fast."
Professor of respiratory medicine Md Rashidul Hassan of the National Institute of Chest Diseases and Hospital, who is one of the members of the team, told bdnews24.com that the foreign secretary's condition was 'not good'.
"He is suffering from respiratory failure, that's why his lungs cannot remove all the carbon dioxide the body produces. He has also developed septicemia," he said.
"I have suggested taking him to Singapore," Professor Hassan added.
Meanwhile, president Zillur Rahman in a statement expresed his anxiety over Quayes' health.
"He is a skilled, capable, promising and patriotic government official," he said.
Quayes assumed the charge of foreign secretary on July 8, 2009. Prior to this, he was ambassador of Bangladesh to the Russian Federation with concurrent accreditation to Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine.
A career foreign service officer, he also served as the Bangladesh high commissioner to the Maldives from 2005 to 2008.
Additional secretary in the foreign ministry M Mustafa Kamal, who was there at the Shahjalal International Airport for the send-off, that the air-ambulance would take him to Singapore, where he would be admitted to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
"His wife Naeema Chowdhury and a relative are accompanying him."
Earlier, Dhaka Combined Military Hospital's commandant Brig Gen Mehboobul Haque told bdnews24.com that the secretary (Quayes) was taken out of the hospital at around 9.45pm.
"He was on life support and is being flown to Singapore for advanced treatment by an air-ambulance on Thursday night," he said.
A foreign ministry official said secretary Quayes had to be rushed to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Tuesday after he complained of difficulty in breathing.
After tests, doctors found low oxygen level in his blood and advised that he be admitted to a hospital with intensive care facility.
Quayes was shifted to CMH on Wednesday and was breathing with a ventilator.
The military hospital formed a medical board comprising specialists from different disciplines on Thursday morning to evaluate his condition.
The board suggested taking him to Singapore.
The CMH commandant said they had kept him on life support 'to be on the safer side'.
"He was suffering from respiratory failure with septicemia, a life-threatening blood infection that worsens very fast."
Professor of respiratory medicine Md Rashidul Hassan of the National Institute of Chest Diseases and Hospital, who is one of the members of the team, told bdnews24.com that the foreign secretary's condition was 'not good'.
"He is suffering from respiratory failure, that's why his lungs cannot remove all the carbon dioxide the body produces. He has also developed septicemia," he said.
"I have suggested taking him to Singapore," Professor Hassan added.
Meanwhile, president Zillur Rahman in a statement expresed his anxiety over Quayes' health.
"He is a skilled, capable, promising and patriotic government official," he said.
Quayes assumed the charge of foreign secretary on July 8, 2009. Prior to this, he was ambassador of Bangladesh to the Russian Federation with concurrent accreditation to Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine.
A career foreign service officer, he also served as the Bangladesh high commissioner to the Maldives from 2005 to 2008.
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