And then a hero comes along
Drenched in rain, parents of six-month-old Jannatun Noor were desperately looking for any form of transport to take her to the hospital around 3:30 this Saturday morning.
Jannat had been sick with cold symptoms for past several days, but a couple of hours past midnight, she suddenly started having seizures and breathing problems.
Finding a transport in Dhaka is difficult enough already. Finding one in the dead of night can be a nightmare and no one knows it better than the parents of Jannat.
When their baby girl started having seizures, the alarmed parents walked out of the house with Jannat without any hesitation while their two other children -- a six-year-old and a 12-year-old -- were in bed fast asleep, only to find the roads deserted amid pouring rain.
A guiding angel in the guise of a police officer appeared and pulled over his vehicle. He asked them if they needed any help, Jamir Uddin, Jannat's father, told this correspondent.
“This officer not only took us on board for a lift to the hospital, but made several phone calls to ensure medical support at the time of our arrival at the hospital.”
The officer took them to Shishu Matri Shastho Institute in Matuail, several kilometres away from their rental flat at Merajnagar in Kadamtoli area of the city, said Jamir, a furniture trader by profession.
After arrival, the doctors and nurses on duty gave immediate attention to their daughter while the officer stayed in the hospital till her condition became stable, he added.
The incident went viral on the social media after the officer himself -- Kazi Wazed, officer-in-charge of Kadamtoli Police Station -- posted a status about the incident on his Facebook wall.
Speaking to The Daily Star, Wazed said, “I only performed my duty of helping anyone in need. I pray that she gets well soon.”
Thanks to the team of police that came as a blessing, Jannat had received urgent care that night, Jamir said, adding that she has been released from the Matuail hospital and now undergoing diagnostics at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital.
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