Baby cries out while being buried, airlifted to Dhaka for intensive care

An infant has been airlifted to Square Hospital Dhaka for treatment after she cried out when she was about to be buried, six hours after being pronounced 'dead'.

On Saturday, a benefactor unwilling to reveal his or her identity emerged to sponsor the cost of treatment of the infant, helping the child to be chopper-lifted to Square Hospital in Dhaka for treatment.

The child was born on Thursday night at Dr Jahed Memorial Children's Hospital in Faridpur.

Two hours after her birth, doctors at the hospital pronounced her dead.

But just when all formalities were in place for her burial, she began to cry.

After being declared dead on Thursday night, the infant was taken to the Municipality graveyard for burial.

The caretaker asked the guardians of the baby to return on Friday morning for the burial.

The supposedly dead newborn spent the night in a carton at the graveyard. She broke into cries when people gathered there to bury her on Friday.

The baby’s grandfather Abdul Kalam said, "Doctors had referred her to Dhaka on Thursday itself but we could not do so owing to financial inability.

"On Saturday a person who is unwilling to reveal his identity expressed his desire to bear the cost of her treatment and arranged for her to be taken to Dhaka's Square Hospital for treatment by helicopter".

Faridpur Sadar Hospital Head of Paediatrics, Dr Khondokar Md Abdullah said, "The newborn is in a precarious condition as she was born 24 weeks into the pregnancy and weighs 700 grams. So she was sent for intensive care treatment to Dhaka. If she gets good care, good results may be expected".

People turned out in huge numbers to bid adieu to and wish Galiba Hayat, the baby, a speedy recovery at the stadium from where the helicopter took off .

Galiba Hayat is the first child of district cricket team player Najmul Huda, 25, and advocate Naznin Akhter.