Appeal for help
Dibbo, a playful boy of five, is now weak, restless and coiled owing to stomach pain followed by the enlargement of liver and weak spleen, says a press release. He is a student of kindergarten level at Methodist English Medium School. Dibbo is a patient of Thalassaemia which was first detected when he was three months old. Since then, a bag of O-positive group blood was required every 21 days to sustain healthy blood level in his body, and his well-wishers had donated that blood to keep him alive for last five years. Thalassaemia patients are more susceptible to various diseases because of weak immune system, and their biggest problem is the accumulation of iron in the body due to transfusion of blood from outside. This leads to enlargement of liver and weakens the spleen reducing the life-expectancy of the patient The only known medical solution for this problem is bone-marrow transplant that costs from Tk 60 lakh to Tk 1 crore depending on the countries concerned. A forum has been established by artist Mahmuduzzaman Babu and writer Anisul Haq to send Dibbo abroad for treatment. Interested persons willing to help Dibbo can contact Mahmuduzzaman Babu on his cellphone 0175 010 708 or Dibbo's father Mainul Hossain Mukul on e-mail mh mukul @ yahoo.com, or Dibbo's mother Salima Sharmin on 0172 697 512.
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