An air ambulance carrying Mirza Abbas, political adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Member of Parliament for Dhaka-8, departed from Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday around 11:30 a.m. He is being taken abroad for advanced medical treatment. His wife Afroza Abbas and their eldest son Mirza Yasir Abbas are accompanying him, according to his personal secretary Mizanur Rahman Sohel.

Mirza Abbas was admitted to Evercare Hospital in Bashundhara after losing consciousness on Wednesday night. A medical board was formed for his treatment, and he underwent two brain surgeries. He has since been kept under intensive observation. On Saturday morning, a CT scan of his brain was conducted, and the report was described as good by BNP’s health affairs secretary Rafiqul Islam.

The transfer to Singapore marks the next stage of his medical care following several days of critical treatment in Dhaka.