Birangana (Liberation War Heroine) Rama Chowdhury has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for treatment.
Rama’s son Jahar Lal Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune that his mother was shifted to CMCH on Wednesday noon from a private clinic in the city.
The Liberation War heroine has been undergoing treatment for a hip-bone fracture for more than three weeks.
The 77-year-old fell down and broke her right femur on December 24.
She also has various old-age complications including diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and hypertension along with a bedsore, according to doctors.
Speaking to the Dhaka Tribune, Chittagong Civil Surgeon Dr Azizur Rahman Siddiqui said that a medical board was formed and her treatment was going on as per the instruction of the board.
“Rama was hospitalized with an intertrochanteric hip fracture. The doctors advised the patient to undergo a surgery for fixing a type of orthopaedic implant known as Dynamic Hip Screw [DHS]. However, neither the patient nor her relatives are willing to undergo the surgery,” said the civil surgeon, adding that Rama was put in traction – the medical procedure where the patient’s limb or muscles are pulled using weights or pulleys in order to maintain the position of a fractured bone or to correct a deformity.
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Born in 1941, Rama obtained her MA in Bengali literature from Dhaka University in 1961 and is the author of 19 books.
She lost her husband and two children in the Liberation War of 1971. On May 13, 1971, Pakistani occupational army brutally tortured and violated her as well as torching her house at Popadia in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong.
Out of grief and respect for freedom fighters, Roma started walking barefooted from 1972.
Though she momentarily stopped walking barefooted for health condition, she resumed the practice on December 16, 1998 when her youngest son was killed in a road accident and never stopped the practice afterwards.
Earlier, when this correspondent approached the courageous lady and enquired about her health, Rama burst into tears and began to recite a poem of Rabindranath Tagore: “I do not want to die in this beautiful world; I want to live amidst men.”
Thursday, April 25, 2024
