Mayor Annisul Huq’s condition deteriorates, family says

Dhaka Mayor Annisul Huq’s condition worsened a day after he was put under intensive care at a London hospital, where he was getting treated for almost four months now, his family has said.

“He is not doing well. His lungs are affected. Please pray for him,” wife Rubana Huq told bdnews24.com on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Mayor Huq was moved to the ICU after he was “down with infection.”

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 him 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 and was moved out of the ICU.

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

Rubana Huq also later took to the internet to brush aside media reports and speculations on her husband.

He 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.