An ill-fated mother

A woman has had to experience a most traumatic experience in the twilight years of her life, thanks to the utter calousness of her sons.

The ill-fated mother, Bibi Morium, 85, is now undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) with injuries from fox bites

She is already suffering from various old age complications, said doctors at  MMCH.

Morium, widow of Muslem Uddin of Tejpatuli village in Phulbaria upazila, is mother of three sons and two daughters.

Of the sons, Muklesur Rahman works as surveyor while Mobarak Hossain and Marfat Mia are day labourers.

The sons, all married, live in tin-shed houses but they treat their mother as a huge burden. They always treat her with utter negligence, said local people.

The trio serve food to Morium by rotation and she was recently sent to Marfat's house as the turn of eldest son Muklesur ended on Wednesday.

Marfat became angry at his mother's return and as he could not send Morium to other brothers' houses immediately, he left her to sleep in his polythene wrapped cowshed beside a bush the same night.

When Morium was asleep, some foxes bit her legs early Thursday.

Hearing the hue and cry, locals rushed to the spot and rescued her, but Marfat did not take any step for her treatment till Sunday.

On information, the local union parishad chairman rushed to the spot and arranged Morium's treatment. She was admitted to Phulbaria Upazila Health Complex and then shifted to MMCH yesterday morning, Dr Md Nazrul Islam of the health complex said, adding that she might have been bitten by more than one fox.

UNO Lira Tarafder said they have already provided financial support of Tk 13,000 for Morium's treatment.