Magura miracle kid doing well
First birthday of the child is special for most parents, but for Magura's Suraiya and her parents it was more than a memorable occasion.
The one-year-old toddler stunned the nation last year by miraculously surviving a bullet wound she suffered while still in her mother's womb.
Suraiya's mother Nazma Khatun was hit by a bullet during a violent clash between two factions of pro-ruling party activists in the district on July 23, 2015.
Both eight-month pregnant Nazma and the unborn baby sustained critical injuries but were saved by the doctors at Magura Sadar Hospital who conducted a two-hour caesarean operation on the injured mother.
The newborn with bullet injuries on her shoulder and right eye was immediately rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The nation followed her updates through media reports and was anxiously waiting for her survival. Finally on August 20, she returned home to her mother's lap.
A year later, there were no big celebrations at her parents' poor quarters on the occasion of her first birthday yesterday.
However, the doctors, police officials and district administration officials, who had acted promptly and efficiently to save the mother and the child, came to wish them with gifts, cakes and flowers.
"I was waiting for Suraiya's birthday," said Safiur Rahman, a surgeon at Magura Sadar Hospital, adding, "I still shiver in amazement thinking of the risk I took while conducting the operation."
Safiur is happy that both Suraiya and her mother are healthy and well now.
"This would not have been possible without the grace of the Almighty," he said.
The injury however cost Suraiya her right eye.
"One of her eyes was totally damaged and the other also requires continuous treatment in Dhaka. But we cannot go to Dhaka regularly due to financial constraints," said Nazma.
But she expressed her gratitude to the doctors in Magura and Dhaka who provided her and her daughter free medical treatment.
"I am a tea seller. It is very difficult for me to run a family of five members. Under such a circumstance, it is not possible for me to spend a lot for my daughter's birthday," said Bachchu Bhuiyan, Suraiya's father.
Bachchu lamented that although many bigshots had promised to take care of Suraiya's treatment and upbringing expenditure while she was in Dhaka, none kept their words.
"Though almost all the accused of the case [filed after the incident] were arrested most of them came out in bail," he said expressing his doubts of getting justice.
Additional District Police Super Tariqul Islam, who came to wish Suraiya with new clothes and flowers, said the district police had been providing all kinds of assistance to Suraiya's family since the incident.
"Suraiya and her mother were sent to Dhaka on personal initiative of the superintendent of police. Besides, we have submitted the charge sheet of the case very quickly and all except one accused were sent to jail," he said.
Suraiya's pregnant mother was shot when one pro-ruling party activist and his followers attacked Suraiya's uncle Kamrul Bhuiyan, another pro-ruling party activist, and his relatives.
Kamrul's uncle Momin Bhuiyan, 65, who received injury from gunshots and bomb splinters, succumbed to his injuries, while a supporter of Kamrul was hacked during the attack.
A case filed by Momin's son accused 16 people including the district Bangladesh Chhatra League vice-president for involvement in the attack.
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