Dhaka, May 22 (Just News): Muktamoni, who was diagnosed with a tumour developed in her blood vessels on the right hand, died at her residence in Dakkhin Kamar Baisha village in Satkhira sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
Ibrahim Hossain, father of 12-year-old Muktamoni, said she breathed her last around 8:00am at her residence.
“We brought Muktamoni to home on 23 December and since then she remained here,” said Ibrahim.
Muktamoni drew the nation’s attention with an abnormally large right arm.
On Saturday, her father said that Muktamoni’s condition had been critical for the last few days as her right hand decomposed completely.
“The infection in her hand has spread all over. Bad odour comes out from her hand when the bandage is pulled off for dressing,” he said.
Muktamoni was under the observation of Samanta Lal Sen, coordinator of burn and plastic surgery unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
She had been diagnosed with tumour in blood vessels and underwent treatment at the burn unit of DMCH between 11 July and 22 December, last year.
On 12 August, doctors at DMCH removed a three-kilogram tumour from her arm.
The girl later underwent three more surgeries on her right arm on 29 August, 5 September, and 8 October, last year.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina took charges of her treatment after her story was reported in the media.
Muktamoni’s parents noticed a tiny red bump on her right arm when she was one and a half years old. For the next four years, the bump grew so much that it began hampering her movement, said her father.
(Justnews/ys/1300hr)
