Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday visited versatile writer and poet Syed Shamsul Haque at the United Hospital at Gulshan in the capital. “The premier went to the hospital at about 4.15 pm and spent around 40 minutes beside the octogenarian poet who is undergoing treatment at the hospital for lung cancer,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS.
He said the prime minister told Syed Haque that she would take all responsibilities for his treatment. At one stage of talking with Sheikh Hasina, the poet became emotional, Karim added.
Sheikh Hasina also talked to the attending doctors and wished early recovery of the poet. The poet’s wife Dr Anwara Syed Haque, son Ditiya Syed Haque and PM’s Special Assistant Mahbubul Hoque Shakil were present on the occasion, among others.
Syed Haque returned home on Sept 2 after four months of medical treatment at Royal Marsden Hospital in London.