Zafrullah’s health condition improves.

Zafrullah Chowdhury

The health condition of Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) founder Zafrullah Chowdhury has improved because the infections in his lungs have decreased.

“His (Zafrullah’s) condition is now stable with the development in his lung infections,” said Gonoshasthaya Kendra PR officer Forhad Hossain on Thursday.

He said Zafrullah now has no coronavirus infection in his body while bacterial infections also are decreasing.

Forhad said Zafrullah now can breathe normally with none oxygen support.

In a statement on its Facebook page, Gonoshasthaya Kendra said its founder has been taking antibiotics regularly for lung infections alongside having kidney dialysis and specialised physiotherapy for other health problems.

“He finds it difficult to talk thanks to pharyngitis , and doctors advised him to avoid it unless it's urgent.

He is otherwise mentally very energised,” it added.

Zafrullah has been receiving treatment at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital within the city’s Dhanmondi area.

Although he recovered from coronavirus, Zafrullah’s health condition deteriorated on Tuesday thanks to lung infections caused by pneumonia.

On Monday, a RT-PCR test found Zafrullah negative for coronavirus, two days after he got an equivalent results through a test with an antigen kit developed by the Gonoshasthaya Kendra.

Zafrullah, also a insurgent , underwent coronavirus testing with the kit developed by Gonoshasthaya which found him to be COVID-19 positive on 25 May.