Dhaka: Renowned Indian cardiologist Dr Devi Prasad Shetty arrived here on Monday afternoon to see the condition of ailing minister Obaidul Quader.

The Indian physician arrived at Shahajalal International Airport at 12:45pm, said group captain Abdullah Al Faruq, director of the airport.

Earlier, Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif said, ‘Qauder’s condition is gradually improving. Now, he’s a bit better. I talked to doctors. They’re hopeful of his recovery.’

The medical board will decide whether the minister will be taken to Singapore, he said while talking to reporters after visiting Quader at the hospital in the morning, reports the UNB.

BSMMU Vice Chancellor Professor Kanak Kanti Barua will brief reporters over the decision, Hanif added.

Obaidul Quader was admitted to the CCU of the hospital on Sunday morning following his breathing complications.

Later, doctors found three blockages in his coronary arteries following an angiogram.