Indian doctors see no hope of recovering Siddiqur’s eyesight

The Indian doctors treating Titumir College student Siddiqur Rahman, whose eyes were grievously damaged in police action at Shahbagh in Dhaka on a student demonstration on July 20, said on Monday that there was almost no hope of recovering the eyesight of Siddiqur, according to his family.
Siddiqur’s nephew Selim Miah told New Age that they contacted Siddiqur through messenger on Monday afternoon and came to know about the doctors’ opinion given earlier on the day.
Siddiqur was taken to Sankara Nethralaya, a specialised eye hospital in Chennai, on July 27 for better treatment of his eyes after National Institute of Ophthalmology doctors saw no hope of recovering his eyesight.
Siddiqur’s friend Sheikh Farid arranged the communication for his family through messenger.
Sheikh Farid, who also talked to Siddiqur and his brother Nayeb Ali, now with Siddiqur, said Siddiqur’s doctors told them on Monday that there was almost no hope of recovering his eyesight. 
‘The doctors told me that I may go back to Bangladesh, but if I want then they would go for a surgery,’ Siddiqur told Farid as saying.
Siddiqur decided to have a surgery in the Indian hospital and a possible date would be fixed soon, Farid told New Age.
National Institute of Ophthalmology director Golam Mostafa said they had no information about Siddiqur yet.
‘There has been no official communication with us’, he said.
Siddiqur’s both eyes were injured critically as video footage showed that police fired a tear gas canister directly on his face from close range during a demonstration by the students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University at Shahbagh in the city on July 20 demanding examinations schedules.
The police, however, in the first information report said that Siddiqur was injured as his face was hit by a flower tub thrown by the students targeting police. The students rejected the police claim.

News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net