<i>Rescue little Aklima from strange disease</i>
Six-year-old Aklima Begum, daughter of day labourer Abu Kaisar of Mathbaria upazila under Pirojpur district, has been suffering from a strange disease marked by unusual swelling of palm muscle for the last five years. At a programme organised by local online newspaper www.amaderbarisal.com at Barisal Reporters Unity last month, Abu Kaisar, a day labourer, and his wife Fahima Begum, made a fervent appeal to the affluent people to help for treatment of their daughter. After a year of her birth, Aklima's left hand palm muscle started swelling unusually, they said. It worsened gradually and now the girl faces serious problem to carry on his normal daily activities as she has to engage the other hand to carry the diseased palm. Aklima has eagerness for study but the strange disease stands in the way. Doctors at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital in the capital suggested early operation to bring the girl back to a relatively normal life but it requires a lot of money, said the poor parents. Earlier on November 1, www.amaderbarisal.com published a report titled 'aswabhabik haat niey Aklimar durbisaho jibon' (unbearable life of Aklima with unnatural hand). Consequently, several people expressed their sympathy for the girl and donated sums for her treatment. At the programme at Barisal Reporters Unity, Md Jewel Arman, a Saudi expatriate, handed over 50 thousand taka collected by him from some Saudi expatriates for Aklima's treatment. The money collected so far, however, is still much less than the requirement. At the programme attended by local journalists and the elite, speakers called upon all to help raise fund for bringing Aklima back to a normal life.
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