Speaking to reporters after visiting Ershad at the hospital on Monday, Malik revealed that the 89-year-old former military strongman has been placed on life support. He is on life support. The overall situation is critical,” said Malik, the son of retired colonel Abdul Malik, a former minister in Ershad’s government. The party had so far said that Ershad was being treated in the hospital’s ‘Critical Care Unit’. But on Monday, AKM Mustafa, a member of Jatiya Party’s central committee, in a Facebook post revealed that the party chief had been transferred to the Intensive Care Unit.

Source: bd News24 July 01, 2019 15:00 UTC