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| Bangladesh |
| Bangladeshi leader faints after speech |
| 2007-06-04 |
| The head of Bangladesh’s emergency government was admitted to a military hospital here on Sunday after he fainted following an hour-long speech in hot weather, an official said. Fakhruddin Ahmed, 67, collapsed after he sought a glass of water while speaking at a function to mark the start of the tree plantation season in the northern town of Tangail, a spokesman said. He was initially taken to a local hospital before being transferred to the country’s capital. “He has been flown to Dhaka and was taken to the Combined Military Hospital for a check-up. He is expected to be released after 5pm,” government spokesman Syed Fahim Munaim told AFP. “His condition is stable. The blood pressure is OK,” he added. Temperatures in Bangladesh have reached 41 degrees Celsius during a week-long heat wave, which is likely to continue until monsoon rains expected in the next few days bring relief, weather office spokesman Shahjahan Alam told AFP on Saturday. At least 12 people have died of heatstroke in the past week. |
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