Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia, transferred to hospital last weekend from the 19th century jail where she is the only prisoner, can no longer use her left hand, her doctor told AFP on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Zia, 73, was jailed in February for corruption and has been on trial in a special room in the abandoned Dhaka Central Jail on additional graft charges that her supporters say are politically motivated.<\/p>\n
On Saturday Zia, a long rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was transferred to hospital because of poor health following an order from the South Asian country\u2019s High Court.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer symptoms have worsened in the last few months,\u201d Abdul Jalil Chowdhury, one of the physicians at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital who has since examined her .<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has developed deformity of left hand in the last few months due to long standing rheumatoid arthritis. She can\u2019t use her left hand,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition, she has developed left frozen shoulder,\u201d he said, adding Zia was also suffering from neck and back pain and she is a diabetic.<\/p>\n
Lawyers for Zia, prime minister from 1991-1996 and 2001-2006, had argued that the government was putting her health at risk by refusing her specialised care in prison.<\/p>\n
When Zia who leads the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was jailed in February for corruption, the sentence triggered clashes between police and thousands of BNP supporters.<\/p>\n
She was found guilty of embezzling money intended for an orphanage. Zia is appealing against the verdict which bars her from standing in the general election set for December and was granted bail earlier this year.<\/p>\n
However, she remains in custody while she fights dozens of other violence and graft charges.<\/p>\n
Last month, authorities turned a room of the jail into a court a move her lawyers said was illegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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