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| Khadiza Akhter Nargis finally speaks |
| 2016-11-27 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Khadiza Akhter Nargis, the victim of a brutal attack by a Bangla Chhatra League ... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ... leader, finally spoke to the media yesterday after 54 days of intensive care at the hands of physicians. At one point the poor girl was expected to die. Of course it's still possible she will if her attacker's thugs can get to her. ('Yer honor, youse can't put me on trial! Da witnesses are all dead!') Badrul Alam, the leader of BCL SUST unit, severely injured Khadiza in an attack on October 3. She was taken to Square Hospital on October 6, where she has been receiving medical attention ever since. In front of a number of national media agencies, in a press briefing at the hospital reception, she said: "Please, pray for me, so that I can get well soon." She was then taken back to her cabin. In the press briefing, the Director (Medical services) of the hospital, Mirza Nazim Uddin said that they had officially discharged the girl and she would be released once formalities had been completed. Mirza further cited Khadiza’s case as evidence that medical facilities in the country were improvng. He said: "They had ensured her proper treatment here. All she needs is to go under advanced rehabilitation treatment so that she can get back to her normal life." Khadiza had to undergo at least four major operations ‐ Decompression Surgery, multiple flexor tendon repair of her right hand, Cranioplasty, and repair of tendons of her left hand. According to the director, while she has regained full consciousness and her muscles are functioning, she requires rehabilitation to regain motor function. Even if Khadiza is fit to be discharged, the doctors are going to keep her at the hospital until the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) ensures a bed for her, he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |