Faridpur newborn on life support
The newborn girl, who cried out at a Faridpur graveyard minutes before her burial on Thursday, is now on life support at Square Hospitals in Dhaka.
Galiba Hayat was brought to the capital on a helicopter along with her father, grandfather, and a nurse around yesterday evening for proper treatment.
The prematurely delivered baby is now undergoing treatment at the Neonatal Incentive Care Unit (NICU) of Square Hospitals under Dr Aftab Yusuf Raj.
Dr Raj said, “It’s like a real miracle. The baby has various infections and is bleeding from different parts of her body.”
Galiba’s father Nazmul Huda Mithu told The Daily Star, “Allah has brought my daughter back from the jaws of death. Inshallah, she will survive. I request all to keep her in their prayers and hope to take her back home well.”
Criticising the role of the doctor who announced her dead, he claimed that the baby would not have got infected if she was kept under observation of doctors after her birth. “Why wasn’t she (Galiba) kept under the observation,” he questioned.
Solaiman Shukhon, head of marketing at Aamra Networks Ltd, told The Daily Star that he arranged for the helicopter on behalf of a friend in Hungary, who does not want to disclose his name.
Shukhon said the baby was admitted to the hospital. “We will arrange for funds for the baby's treatment if needed.”
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