Sohan still unconscious
Surrounded by his family and relatives, young Sohan quivered in pain, lying unconscious at the veranda of the neuro-surgery ward in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday.
The six-year-old, a victim of the April 11 hartal picketing, has not regained consciousness even after nine days.
Though doctors assured the family of "slight improvement" in his health condition, Sohan's parents and relatives are still worried and their concern is growing by the day.
"Why did I ever dare to venture out on a hartal day?" lamented his mother.
On the fateful day, Sohan was travelling with his mother on a bus in Boalmari upazila, Faridpur. He was sitting on her lap in the front seat of the bus near the windscreen when picketers attacked.
When the picketers broke the windshield, flying shards of glass pierced Sohan's skull, entering the brain.
He was rushed to Boalmari Upazila Heath Complex, then to Faridpur Sadar Hospital and finally to DMCH.
Sohan's father, Selim Sheikh, a fruit seller, said so far he had spent Tk 25,000 and relatives contributed another Tk 25,000 for Sohan's treatment. The family also received Tk 14,600 from a well-wisher on Thursday afternoon, he added.
Sohan's head was bandaged, his eye swollen. He is now being fed through a nasal tube.
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