Another victim of Tazreen fire died yesterday, after fighting for her life for nearly two years.
Amena Begum, the victim of the fire, died early morning yesterday in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) where she was receiving treatment.
Amena worked on the fifth floor of Tazreen Fashion. When the fire broke out on her floor, she saw her co-workers being burnt alive and to save her life she jumped from the fifth floor. She broke her bones in her hand, feet and waist from the jump.
For the first few days she received treatment from the hospital, but her family could afford to keep her there, so they brought her home in Nischintapur in Ashulia and looked after her there.
When her condition deteriorated a few days ago, she was again admitted to BSMMU, where she died on Wednesday morning.
When her body was brought to Nischintapur, the locals and her former colleagues came to see her one last time and many of them broke down in tears.
Amina’s husband Abul Hossain said: “I don’t know what to say to our children. I did my best to provide her with proper treatment.
After the tragedy, many people assured us of help, but all of them were hollow promises.”
Many of her colleagues said other victims of the fire, like Amina, are passing away one by one, after suffering unbearable pain, without proper treatment. Nobody cares for them, and the union leaders are only good with clever words, the workers complained.
Around 11pm, an ambulance took Amina’s body to her village in Lalmonirhat, where she would be buried, the deceased’s relatives told to the Dhaka Tribune.
On November 24, 2012 a devastating fire broke out in Tazreen Garments which killed at least 112 workers, and injured more than two hundred severely.
