Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia to be sent to London for advanced medical treatment, her doctor said on Thursday.

"If everything goes well, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to London after midnight today, Thursday or early tomorrow, Friday. The decision to take her to London has been made on the advice of specialist doctors," AZM Zahid Hossain, Khaleda Zia's doctor, told the reporters.

Qatar will provide air ambulance assistance for Khaleda Zia's medical treatment. Khaleda's son Tarique Rahman, residing in London, is doing necessary arrangements for her medical treatments.

Begum Khaleda Zia was admitted to the capital Dhaka's Evercare Hospital on November 23 with a lung infection. She is u...