Holding his four-month-old nephew Arraiyan in his arms, Md
Faisal was standing outside Room 711 at the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and
Institute. The child, who had come from Noakhali, was suffering from pneumonia.
He had been undergoing treatment for 12 days. Before coming to Dhaka, he had
also spent three days admitted to a local hospital. The family has spent Tk
35,000 to Tk 40,000 on his treatment.
Faisal said, “For poor people like us, paying Tk 700 every
day for the ward is very difficult....
