<i>LabAid comes to aid of Nirmal Sen </i>

7 April 2010, 18:00 PM

A correspondent, Gopalganj

LabAid Hospital has taken responsibility for the treatment of ailing veteran journalist and columnist Nirmal Sen. LabAid Media Coordinator Mesbah Azad took Nirmal Sen to Dhaka from his village home at Dighirpar in Kotalipara yesterday. He said, "Newspaper reports on his physical condition drew the attention of LabAid authority. A three-member medical board led by neurologist Prof Serajul Haque has also been formed. He will be under the care of LabAid until he recovers." Kangkan Sen, nephew of Nirmal Sen, said the veteran journalist suffered a brain stroke in 2003. He was taken to Singapore for treatment, but he was brought back home three months later due to financial constraints. Later, he underwent treatment at Savar CRP for eight months. But his further treatment could not continue due to financial constraints, he added.