India, Dec. 11 -- Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia's doctor on Wednesday said that she is "responding " to the treatment; however decision is yet to be taken on whether she will be flown abroad for further medical care. Zia is receiving treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) after a chest infection spread to her lungs and heart.

The 80-year-old Bangladeshi Nationalist Party chairperson has been receiving care at the Evercare Hospital in Dhaka since November 23 for several health complications. Her personal physician and a member of the decision-making committee of BNP, AZM Zahid Hossain, informed that Zia is being given treatment provided for a critically ill patient, news agency PTI reported.

Hossain also said that fo...