'Tree-man' Bajandar wants to come back to DMCH
“Tree-men” Abul Bajandar, who “voluntarily” left Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) earlier this year, after being treated there for two and a half years, is appealing to authorities concerned to give him another chance at a full recovery.
Bajandar, 28, got the nickname for massive bark-like warts on his hands and feet as a result of an extremely rare skin disorder. He came under national spotlight when media reports were published following his admission to DMCH on January 30, 2016. At the time, he was the fourth person recorded in the world to have the disease.
Health condition of Bajandar, who left the burn unit of the DMCH on May 26 to his village home in Paikgachha of Khulna after giving up hope of a full recovery, is getting worse day by day. He cannot hold anything properly in his hands any more.
“I made a mistake at that time; I should have stayed at the hospital to continue my treatment and I am realising it now,” said Bajandar, who is now suffering from pain in his hands and legs.
Bajandar left the hospital in May, just before his 26th surgery, claiming that he was not getting proper attention from the hospital authorities.
Of the warts which were uprooted through operations, 15 percent did not come out again, but others are now more than half inches long, he said.
“I hope if authorities concerned resume my treatment, I will be in a better condition as a modern burn and plastic surgery institute is going to start operation soon, with more specialised treatment facilities,” he said.
“I cannot take my medicine and food regularly due to poverty, and it is not possible for me to continue my treatment with my own money,” said Bajandar, who has no source of income.
He said he purchased 10 decimals of land with the money that he got from a patron, and built a tin-shed house with Tk 2 lakh he received from others.
“I will remain grateful to DMCH authorities if they give me another chance and start my free treatment at their newly inaugurated modern burn unit, as I may become totally disabled without treatment,” he said.
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, co-ordinator of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, who was supervising the treatment of Bajander when he was at DMCH, said they also want to resume his treatment.
“If he comes to the hospital, we will continue his treatment,” he said.
The warts, which first started appearing when Bajander was a teenager but began spreading rapidly four years ago, have been diagnosed as epidermodysplasia verruciformis.
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