Basit Khan Musa (7), a child shot in the head during an anti-discrimination student-public movement, has been sent to Singapore for better treatment.
He was sent to Singapore by air ambulance at 10:30 am on Tuesday (October 22).
It is reported that Musa will be treated at the National University Hospital in Singapore.
The private television Channel i has provided assistance by air ambulance to send the shot child Musa to Singapore. The government, international organizations, expatriate Bangladeshis in the United States and Canada, and ordinary people of the country have supported Musa by providing financial assistance for his treatment.
For more than three months, Musa, who was in critical condition, was given free treatment in the country. Musa, who was on life support, faced repeated infections. Doctors said that treatment in the country was no longer possible after his body became resistant to antibiotics. They recommended sending him to Singapore. Later, when the news was published in various media outlets, the government, expatriates, and countrymen stood by Musa with support.
It is known that Basit Khan Musa is the only child of Mustafizur Rahman and Nishamoni. On July 19, grandmother Maya Islam (60) and Musa were shot while buying ice cream for Musa at their house in the Meradia Hat area of Rampura in the capital. Maya Islam died the next day. Musa was admitted to the ICU of Dhaka Medical College Hospital with a bullet wound in the head. Musa, who was in critical condition, was transferred from Dhaka Medical College Hospital to the Neurosurgery Department (for adults) of CMH on August 26. Musa had been undergoing treatment in the hospital's pediatric neurology department since September 4.