UNO Wahida Khanam, who had a successful surgey after being subjected to an attempt to murder attack by local goons, has been shifted to Step Down Unit (SDU) following gradual improvement of condition.

“The health condition of the UNO improved little. She will be shifted to SDU from Intensive Care Unit (ICU) today,” said Prof Dr Zahed Hossain, member secretary of the eight-member board formed at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital (NINH) for Wahida, said.

Wahida Khanam, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Ghoraghat, was seriously injured in an attack by miscreants at her home on the Upazila Parishad premises early Thursday.

Her father Omar Ali was also injured in the gruesome attack. They were taken to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital.

Later, the UNO was airlifted from Rangpur to Dhaka by a Bangladesh Air Force MI-171SH helicopter.

She was admitted to the National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital, Dhaka.