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Of hope and gratitude

Our Correspondent, Dinajpur
For the whole of her seven years, Zannatun has never been able to get out of bed.
She suffers from multiple meningiomas, the most common type of brain tumours, which are located just
inside the skull.
Though such tumours are rarely cancerous, they can usually be removed by surgery and often do not return. But Zannatun's family could not afford her surgery. With her head enlarged by the tumours, getting out of bed is not an easy task for her.
Her distraught father Abdul Alim, the imam of Shantinagar mosque in Joypurhat, took her to hospitals in Joypurhat and Rangpur but found no success in accessing proper treatment.
The doctors also recommended surgery, but fortheir financial hardship the family were not
able to do that. This newspaper also ran a story onZannatun, depictingher condition.
When all seemed lost, Apollo Hospitals Dhaka extended its helping hand. The hospital agreed to treat her free of cost.
The parents brought their daughter to the hospital on March 31. She underwent two
major surgeries during her almost a month-long treatment there.
And, yesterday, Zannatun was released around noon after 25 days of treatment.
The operations were conducted by a 10-member board of doctors led by Dr Amitabha Chanda, an Indian neurosur-
geon.
He was assisted by Dr Md Aliuzzaman Joardar, consultant (neurosurgery); Dr Md Zillur Rahman, consultant (surgery); and Prof Dr Salim Md Jahangir, senior consultant (anaesthesia); of the hospital. Doctors said tumors around Zannatun's head have been removed. Besides, fluids in her skull have also been removed.
She will undergo another surgery after 10 days, informed Akter Jamil Ahmed, deputy general manager of Business Development at the hospital.
"My daughter's condition improved a lot. Her head looks a little smaller," Abdul Alim, her father, told The Daily Star over the phone.
"My daughter will be able to lead a normal life after her treatment ends," said her mother Reshma Khatun, quoting the doctors.
The parents also expressed their gratitude to the doctors at the Apollo Hospitals. With hope, the family are on their way home.