Pain of three-year-old Pallab seems never ending
A three-year-old boy from the indigenous community in Naogaon's Badalgachhi upazila, has been suffering from unbearable pain due to an undiagnosed skin condition since his birth.
The entire body, even the face, of the boy, Pallab Sardar, son of Suresh Sardar and Prarthona Rani of Hakimpur village in the upazila, is fully covered with boils that often bleed.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Mother of the boy said she first noticed a boil on her son's body on the day he was born.
Gradually numerous boils developed on his entire body that often bleeds and causes strong pain.
The child cannot even open his eyes and mouth properly as many boils have developed on his entire face, said his parents while talking to journalists on Wednesday.
Failing to bear the suffering of their son, the couple appeared at Badalgachhi Press Club with the ailing boy and sought help from the newsmen to save the kid.
“The boils keep bleeding continuously during summer while fluid-like substance comes out in winter season,” Prarthona said.
“Due to the skin disorder my son cries for relief from his pain all the time,” said the tearful mother.
Villagers said last year people living in the area raised funds for Pallab's treatment and sent the boy and his parents to the capital after local doctors failed to diagnose his disease.
But his treatment ended halfway due to crisis of fund, said Suresh, adding that doctors advised them to feed the boy nutritious foods but he cannot afford it due to poverty.
Badalgachhi Upazila Family Planning Officer Dr Jahid Nazrul said Pallab's disease seemed rare to him.
He urged solvent people from the society to extend their helping hand so that the poor family can continue his treatment and let the boy know that he is not alone.
After seeing news on nine-year-old girl Mahmuda, suffering from a similar disease, on the Country Page of this newspaper on July 20, several solvent people extended their helping hands and admitted the girl to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday for treatment.