The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Detained Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil, now undergoing treatment at LabAid Hospital in the capital, is critically ill, his doctors said yesterday.

"Abdul Jalil's bio-chemical tests suggest he is critically ill as his kidney is not functioning properly. He needed to be shifted at a hospital in a developed country for kidney transplant. Otherwise,

his kidney will totally collapse," Prof Dr Matiur Rahman told journalists last afternoon.

The doctor said Jalil could not see anything by an eye, while his other eye was affected by cataract that would eventually damage his sight totally.

"Jalil wants to go to Singapore, where he was treated earlier, for kidney transplant, which cannot be done here in Bangladesh," Prof Matiur added.

Family sources said Jalil's wife would apply to the higher authorities of the Government within a day or two to send him abroad on parole for treatment at own cost.