Magura newborn Suraiya, who was hit by bullet in the womb of her mother, has been shifted to cabin from the intensive care unit (ICU) at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Dr Kaniz Hasina, Paediatrics Department’s associate professor who had been overseeing Suraiya’s treatment since she arrived at the hospital, said Suraiya was shifted to cabin 48 with her mother Nazma Begum around 12:30pm Sunday.
"We shifted Suraiya as her health is improving. We will release her by the end of the week," she said.
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Suraiya Begum, the bullet-ridden baby was taken to the DMCH after an emergency cesarean at Magura Genera Hospital on July 23.
Later, her mother Nazma Begum was also taken to the DMCH on July 30.
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On July 31, Suraiya was taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and her mother to Ward 212 on July 31.
The baby was injured when her eight-month pregnant mother was shot in the abdomen during an attack by a Jubo League faction on another faction on July 23 in Magura that left one killed and another person injured.
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The bullet went through the unborn baby’s right shoulder and damaged her right eye. She was born after a three-hour-long operation at Magura General Hospital.
