Amputee dreams of higher edn

SSC examinee Sharna Khatun had a dream to bring solvency to her poor family after getting higher education, but a road accident turned everything upside down seven months ago.

Sharna, 15, daughter of rickshaw van-puller Harun-ur-Rashid of Domdoma village in Shantahar union under Adamdighi upazila, was an SSC examinee from nearby Shantahar Golsha Ahsanullah Institute this year.

She got serious injuries to her right leg in a collision between a three-wheeler and a motorcycle near Shantahar railway station area when she was returning home from a coaching centre on December 7 last year.

"After the accident she was rushed to the upazila health complex. As her condition deteriorated, she was admitted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital on February 7 this year. There doctors said cancer developed in her bone and suggested sending her abroad," said Sharna's father Harun.

Meanwhile, seriously ailing Sharna failed to complete her SSC examinations this year after attending only two papers.

"We are too poor to send her abroad. We admitted her to Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College Hospital in Sirajganj on February 29 this year. There doctors arranged amputating her right leg from bellow the waist on March 2," said her father.