Magura newborn Suraiya has been discharged from Dhaka Medical College Hospital, 27 days after she was hit by a bullet in her mother’s womb.
Dr Kaniz Hasina, Paediatrics Department’s associate professor who had been overseeing Suraiya’s treatment since she arrived at the hospital, said Suraiya was formally discharged on Thursday afternoon.
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Health Minister Mohammad Nasim and Dr Kaniz handed over Suraiya to her mother. The minister also handed over Suraiya's discharge letter to her father.
Suraiya Begum, the bullet-ridden baby was taken to the DMCH after an emergency cesarean at Magura Genera Hospital on July 23.
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Later, her mother Nazma Begum was also taken to the DMCH on July 30.
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.
