Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital have decided to keep bullet-hit Suraiya Begum with her mother in a cabin from next Sunday.
The baby, which sustained bullet injuries while still in her mother’s womb during a factional clash of Jubo League in Magura on July 23, was closely monitored by doctors and was not allowed to stay with her mother.
The mother, Nazma Begum, breastfed the child for the last one and a half weeks, six to seven times a day.
Doctors said Suraiya was gradually gaining weight and her overall condition was also good, but it could not yet be decided whether she would need to undergo an operation in her right eye.
Dr Kaniz Hasina, associate professor at the hospital’s paediatrics department, yesterday said the baby could soon be declared out of danger.
She said the mother and the child might be discharged by the end of next week.
“But they will be transferred to a cabin on Sunday and we will continue to monitor their condition.”
Suraiya’s mother was in the eighth month of her pregnancy when she was shot. The clash between two Jubo League groups left a person killed and another injured.
