Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has stood by July uprising injured Selim, a resident of Sherpur.
Selim, who suffered a bullet injury on head during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Narayanganj, has been undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) for a long time. He underwent an emergency surgery on Monday.
At the directive of Tarique Rahman, BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr. Rafiq Islam on Wednesday visited Selim and inquired about his physical condition.
When the BNP Health Affairs Secretary approached him, Selim said in a tearful voice that when he was injured in police firing in Narayanganj and went to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for treatment, on-duty doctors did not treat him but rather harassed him, and at one point he was thrown out of the hospital.
At that time, a heartbreaking scene unfolded there when Selim was crying.
DAB's Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital Unit president Dr. Md. Badar Uddin Sohel, general secretary Dr. Nasim, Swechchhasebak Dal vice president Dr. Jahedul Kabir Zahid, Jubo Dal's assistant health affairs secretary and DAB's vice-president Dr. Jahangir Hossain, Chhatra Dal's vice-president Dr. Awal, Swechchhasebak Dal assistant health affairs secretary Dr. Mizanur Rahman, former Chhatra Dal's health secretary Dr. Ershad Mia, private medical and dental college Chhatra Dal's joint general secretary Dr. Momi Ansari and local DAB leaders were present at this time.
At this time, financial assistance was provided to the mother of the injured Selim on behalf of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman. —BSS
