Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed hospitalised with chest pain

Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed has been admitted to Dhaka’s United Hospital following complaints of chest pain.

Earlier on Sunday morning, the 72-year-old was taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.

Upon his doctor’s advice, he was flown to Dhaka by an air ambulance and taken to the hospital in Gulshan around 3:30pm.

Mizanur Rahman, the minister’s aide, confirmed to journalists that the minister’s condition is stable at the moment.

“The doctors here asked him to do an angiogram,” he said.

The minister attended an event in his constituency, Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari, on Saturday night. On the way back, he began feeling sick.

Late in the night, he was admitted to the Department of Cardiology at Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Mizanur said.

Prof Shakil Gofur, the doctor who was overseeing the minister’s treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital, said: “He experienced chest pains, but there haven’t been any major issues so far.”