Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- The medical board overseeing the treatment of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia at Evercare Hospital has said her transfer to London has been delayed because she is not physically fit to travel by air at this stage.

Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, a member of the medical board formed for Khaleda, disclosed the update in a briefing outside Evercare Hospital on Saturday afternoon.

He said it was true that the air ambulance could not arrive on Friday due to a "technical fault".

"At that time, the medical board also made an emergency decision that it would not be medically appropriate for her to fly at that moment. That is why the plan to take her abroad for advanced treatment has been slightly delayed. In future as well, her physic...