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Untreated and uncared, Indrani dies finally
Hapless Indrani Mandol finally succumbed to her burn injuries at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) at about 11:00am on Friday, after spending a woeful period without necessary medical treatment during her 22 days stay there.
Her body was lying in the KMCH mortuary as of filing this report pending autopsy.
As none has claimed the body of the woman, it would be handed over to Dakope Upazila Parishad Vice Chairman Joyanti Rani Sarder who got Indrani Mandol admitted to KMCH on April 14.
Indrani sustained serious burn injuries from a fire that broke out in the shrimp enclosure owned by Jayanti Rani Sarder in Dakope upazila.
"I will arrange cremation of Indrani Mandol after her autopsy is done. The hapless woman had suffered from severe pain for 22 days on the floor near Ward No-11 of KMCH without any treatment even on humanitarian ground," Joyanti Rani said yesterday.
"She died unwept and unsung. It is really shocking that neither police nor the hospital authorities tried to investigate even into the mysterious incident of Indrani's missing from KMCH for two days on May 28 and 29. She was found lying naked on the bank of a pond in Skidghat area of Khulna city at around 9:00am on May 30," the upazila vice chairman said.
When asked, KMCH Superintendent Dr Hamid Asgar refuted the allegation of callousness about medical treatment of the hapless woman.
"She was provided all necessary treatment from the hospital. But the burn injuries on her whole body were so fatal that she needed better treatment elsewhere. But nobody came forward for it," Dr Asgar said.
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