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Habiba 's last visit to gym

She was found floating in swimming pool of the fitness centre at Bashundhara City shopping mall

Shahnaz Parveen
Habiba Mohammad Abir used to love swimming very much.
On the evening of July 5 she went to perform a few laps in her favourite place, the swimming pool of the Gold's Gym at Bashundhara City shopping mall. But the 26-year-old did not knowitwould be her last visit to the pool.
Around 6:45pm she was found floating motionless in breaststroke position, in the 5 feet deep swimming pool of the fitness centre.
The family of Habiba who worked as a Cost Analyst for Chevron's Dhaka office alleged that lack of first aid on time and carelessness of the pool authorities were the main reasons behind her untimely death in the shallowwater.
“How is it possible that no one was around to help my child while she was gasping for air in the pool?” said mother of the deceased
Dr Romela Mirza, a resident of Dhanmondi.
“It is supposed to be a pool of international standard. They should have been more responsible to their members and employ expert attendants trained in rescuing drowned people and giving necessary first aid," said Romela, a doctor at the Central Hospital.
In another incident in August last year a man from Dhanmondi road-12 sustained serious burn injuries when he was using the Jacuzzi of the men's section at the Gold's Gym. The on-duty employees released boiling hot water in it without clearing the Jacuzzi or checking whether anyone was using it at that time.
Abir's family also alleged that the on-duty swim -ming instructor was not there while the 'inefficient' pool attendant was not attentive enough.
“At that time there were only two swimmers in the pool. The other swimmer had to cry for help to draw their attention. After pulling her off the pool no one performed CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), which is essential in such cases," Dr Romela said.
Farhana Mirza, a colleague and close friend to the deceased who was attending yoga class at that time witnessed the post-rescue incident. Farhana said she had to perform CPR as no one else was doing it.
“We all rushed to the scene after hearing sere arity from the pW f fo'und Habiba lying on the floor with her face down. No one at the gym tried CPR. Since I attended first-aid class, I tried to perform it,” she said.
Farhana said the pool authorities had to seek help from the instructors on duty at the men's section at level-9. There was no first-aid kit or oxygen cylinder around during the incident, she alleged.
The whole affair wasted precious time that could have saved her life. She still had pulse and if there was • anyone trained with necessary life-saving skills, Habiba would have been alive now," Farhana said.
The Gold's Gym authorities however denied all allegations and said they tried their best to save Habiba's life.
Gym Manager Md Abdullah said, “When she was found floating, our pool instructor trained from BKSP rescued her. She tried all the necessary ways to get the water out of her system including mouth-to-mouth breathing, but it was already too late.”
It is not possible to drown in a pool, which is only five feet one inch deep, he said.
“We wanted police investigation into the matter but the family of the deceased declined," said Abdullah.
The fitness centre has two separate pools for men and women. There are two attendants and two instructors working on eight-hour shift every day in the women's section.
The fitness centre does not have a medical specialist to help provide assistance for injuries during w’orkout sessions.