Mayor Annisul moved to ICU in London hospital for ‘infection’

Dhaka North City Mayor Annisul Huq has once again been put under intensive care at the London hospital where he is getting treated for almost four months now.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 28 Nov 2017, 03:15 PM
Updated : 28 Nov 2017, 03:19 PM

“He is down with infection and in ICU” his wife Rubana Huq told bdnews24.com on Tuesday.

On July 29, Huq flew to the UK for family purposes.

While going through medical tests at a hospital in London in mid-August, he lost consciousness and was taken to the ICU.

Doctors had diagnosed Annisul with cerebral vasculitis—an inflammation of the blood vessel wall involving the brain.

Amid rumours running high, the Dhaka North City Corporation said on Oct 31 that the mayor was getting better.

In a statement, the mayor’s office dismissed online media reports and speculations on the social media over his condition as ‘baseless and misleading’.

His wife Rubana also later took to the internet to brush aside media reports and speculations.

Annisul was elected Dhaka North City mayor on a ruling Awami League ticket in 2015.

He had served as president of Bangladesh’s apex trade body FBCCI during the military-installed caretaker administration.

Prior to that, he also headed the trade body of apparel makers and exporters, BGMEA.