Dhali Al Mamun, the painter who survived the Manikganj crash Saturday, will be taken abroad in a day or two for treatment since his condition in not improving as expected.
"His [Mamun's] physical condition is not improving expectedly; so we have started the process of moving him abroad, most probably to Thailand," said physician Syed Iftekher, who is a relative of Mamun.
A professor of institute of fine arts of Chittagong University, Mamun got severe injuries in his chest and shoulder in Saturday's crash that killed internationally renowned filmmaker Tareque Masud, eminent media personally Ashfaque Mishuk Munier and three others on Dhaka-Aricha highway.
Mamun is on life support in the intensive care unit of Square Hospitals Ltd.
"He [Mamun] is still not out of danger," said physician Shahaduzzaman also a close friend of Mamun.
Iftekher said, "He is still bleeding from the injuries in his lungs and a tube has been inserted there Monday night to drain out the blood."
Two out of nine broken ribs of Mamun punctured his lungs. The 50-year-old is diabetic and suffers from hypertension.
Doctors said there are fractures in Mamun's right humerus as well as mandible. Surgeons reconstructed his mandible during a surgery Sunday.
His doctor Prof Sanawar Hosain suggested that air ambulance be used for transferring him abroad.
Iftekher said they contacted government high-ups for support in this regard and so far received positive response.
Colleagues, friends, students and relatives of Mamun were seen waiting anxiously outside the ICU throughout the day.
Condition of another survivor of the microbus-bus head-on collision, Saidul Islam, has improved notably. He is in the same hospital.
Doctors have performed a surgery in his wrist Monday and he is expected to leave the hospital in a day or two, Saidul said yesterday.
Three more survivors of the accidents are: Catherine Masud, wife of filmmaker Tareque, Dilara Zaman Jolly, wife of painter Mamun and Monis Rafique, assistant director of Tareque's film "Kagojer Phool".
DRIVER ON REMAND
A Manikganj court yesterday placed Jamir Uddin, driver of the bus, on a three-day remand, reports our Manikganj correspondent.
The judge gave the three-day remand after Detective Branch (DB) of Police Inspector Ashraf Ul Alam, investigation officer of the case, produced him before the court with a 10-day remand prayer.
The court rejected Jamir's bail petition.
A team of DB police from Dhaka in cooperation with Meherpur DB police arrested Jamir around 12:30am Monday at Chougachha of Gangni upazila in Meherpur. He was moved to Dhaka and then taken to Manikganj the same day.
Source : The Daily Star
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