Ex-minister Shajahan Khan hospitalised with chest pain

The former minister and labour leader is brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after falling ill during interrogation

Former minister and labour leader Shajahan Khan has been taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after falling ill during interrogation on Monday afternoon.

He has been admitted to the Coronary Care Unit of the hospital for tests due to chest pain.

Shajahan was previously brought to the hospital on Saturday night after feeling ill. He was subsequently taken back to the Detective Branch offices.

Several DB personnel brought him to DMCH on Monday afternoon. A wheelchair was requested for his use. He was first taken to the One-Stop Emergency Centre and then transferred to the CCU.

Touqir Ahmed, a doctor assigned to the DMCH emergency room, said that he had been given an electrocardiogram, or ECG. His blood pressure was elevated to 187/112. Shajahan also suffers from diabetes and heart disease, so he was sent to the CCU.

Some tests had been ordered for him, Touqir said. A decision on whether to admit him to the hospital depends upon the results of those tests.

Inspector Md Faruk, chief of the DMCH Police Outpost, said that doctors had decided to admit Shajahan to the hospital.