Five-year-old Sahera Khatun from Sadullapur upazila in Gaibandha has been suffering from a tumor for a long time and is living in severe pain. According to doctors, she urgently requires surgery and specialized medical treatment. However, her family cannot afford the estimated treatment cost of Tk 700,000 to Tk 800,000.

Sahera is the daughter of Abdus Samad, a mason, and Jannati Begum of South Mandua village under Bongram Union in Sadullapur upazila. She was born in January 2021. When she was just one month old, a small lump appeared in one of her eyes. Over time, it gradually enlarged and eventually covered the entire eye. Later, the affected area began bleeding and discharging pus, prompting her family to seek treatment at local hospitals as well as specialized medical facilities in Gaibandha, Rangpur, and Dhaka.

After a series of medical examinations, doctors diagnosed Sahera with a tumor. They warned that delaying surgery could put her life at serious risk.

“My daughter wants to play and go to school like other children, but she is in constant pain,” said her mother, Jannati Begum, while appealing for financial assistance from kind-hearted people to save her child’s life.

Her father, Abdus Samad, said he earns a living as a daily-wage mason and can barely support the family. “I have already borrowed a significant amount of money for my daughter’s treatment. I no longer have the financial capacity to continue. I appeal to generous and compassionate people to come forward and help save my daughter,” he said.

Gaibandha Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Masudur Rahman Molla said the government has several assistance programs for the medical treatment of poor and low-income people. He added that if the family submits the necessary application, arrangements will be made to provide government support.