Ray of hope for Bidipta

Parents of fifteen-month-old Bidipta, who had been suffering from rare Hydrocephalus disease, finally see some hope for their daughter's better treatment in the capital.

It was possible because of the timely initiative taken by Thakurgaon Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abdul Awal.

Hydrocephalus is a disease which accumulates cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain that gradually increases pressure inside the human skull.

Khokon Mondal, a resident of Zamindarpara area in Sadar municipality, and father of the baby girl, said Bidipta's head is becoming larger day by day. 

Khokon, who earns Tk 6,000 as an employee of a book stall in the town, told this correspondent that his daughter was physically well enough and did not have any complications about three months ago, when they suddenly noticed that her head was growing enormously larger.   

Khokon later took the baby girl to child specialist Dr Sajjad Haydar Shahin, who advised Khokon to immediately take his daughter to Dhaka.

As Khokon did not have ability to meet his daughter's treatment cost in Dhaka, he then took Bidipta to a local homeopath and continued her treatment there, which did not see any improvement at all.

Bidipta's mother Madhabi Mondol said the initiative taken by the DC have brightened their hope of providing better treatment for their daughter.

DC Awal said after learning of the matter through social media he contacted Bidipta's parents. After becoming aware of the impact of the disease he contacted a professor of Neuroscience Hospital in the capital, who assured him of admitting the baby girl to the hospital and taking necessary steps for her treatment free of cost, the DC added.

The district administration handed over Tk 50,000 to the hapless parents for their child's treatment, he said.

The DC also made an arrangement for Bidipta's admission to Neuroscience Hospital in Dhaka.