UNO Wahida partially gains consciousness

The critically injured Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam has partially gained consciousness after a surgery on her brain last night.

"She has gained consciousness a bit. She is communicating sometimes; her blood pressure, oxygen level and pulse are stabilising," Dr Uzzal Kumar Mallik, assistant professor (ICU) at the National Institute of Neuroscience and Hospital (NINH) told The Daily Star this afternoon.

Although her condition is stable, she is not out of danger yet, Dr Mallik added.

The medical board will sit tomorrow to discuss the condition of the UNO and next steps of her treatment, he informed.

The thirty-four-year-old UNO Wahida and her father were seriously injured in an attack by unidentified assailants at her official residence on Thursday.

She is in critical condition due to a head injury, said doctors at NINH in Dhaka.

Her father Omar Ali, who tried to save her, was also attacked. He was being treated at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.