Health condition of Dinajpur UNO has improved: doctors

Condition of Dinajpur's Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam has improved, doctors at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital (NINH) said today.

"Her physical condition has improved. But she is not out of danger yet. We have to wait 72 hours [till Sunday night]. We will review her condition on Monday morning," Prof DrZahed Hossain, member secretary of the eight-member medical board formed at the NINH for Wahida Khanam, told The Daily Star.

On Thursday night, doctors performed a surgery on Wahida's brain. She along with her father was critically injured in an attack by miscreants at her official residence in Ghoraghat upazilla at the early hours on that day.

Today, Director General of Directorate General of Health Services Prof Dr ABM Khurshid Alam and Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Prof Kanak KantiBarua visited Wahida at the hospital.

"Wahida Khanam's level of consciousness is normal. She can recognise everyone; has talked to everyone including her husband," Prof Zahed Hossain said during a briefing in presence of the visiting guests.

He informed that the right side of Wahida is still paralysed.

"It is difficult to say when it [paralysed side] would improve; except this, her condition is well,'' he added.

Before them, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam also visited the UNO, according to NINH official.

Wahida's father Omar Ali, who tried to save her and came under the attack, is undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.

Three people have been arrested in connection with the attack so far.