The tragic demise of a seven-month-old infant, Sajid Al Nahiyan, has left his family in deep mourning following an arduous and unsuccessful attempt to secure effective medical treatment across seven different healthcare facilities. Sajid was the only son of Parvez Ahmed Suman, an expatriate residing in Dubai, and his wife, Sultana Akhter. The couple, who already have three daughters, welcomed their son after a wait of sixteen years, an event that had initially brought immense joy to the household. The family, originally from Singraish village in the Munsirhat Union of Chauddagram Upazila under the Comilla district, reported that the child succumbed to severe symptoms associated with measles on the morning of Sunday, 17 May 2026, whilst admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a private hospital in Dhaka.
Chronology of Medical Consultations and Hospitalisation
According to detailed accounts provided by the family, the infant’s medical complications began more than a month prior to his death, involving a complex sequence of hospital transfers across multiple districts:
14 April: Sajid initially developed a cough and cold. His parents sought medical advice from a practitioner at a private hospital located in the Chauddagram bazaar area. The child showed temporary signs of recovery after being administered prescribed antibiotics.
12 May: The infant suffered a severe clinical relapse, prompting his parents to admit him to the state-run Chauddagram Upazila Health Complex.
14 May: Following two days of inpatient care without any visible signs of physiological improvement, the attending medical staff recommended advanced treatment. The family subsequently transferred the child to a private medical facility in the neighbouring Feni district headquarters.
Subsequent Days: As his physical condition continued to deteriorate rapidly in Feni, the family rushed him to the capital city of Dhaka. In a desperate bid to save his life, the infant was sequentially taken to the Dhaka Shishu (Children’s) Hospital, the Dhaka National Health Care Hospital, and ultimately to the Impulse Hospital located in the Tejgaon area of the capital.
Diagnosis, Fatal Escalation, and Burial
It was only after a series of comprehensive diagnostic tests at the final medical institution in Tejgaon that physicians definitively identified that Sajid was suffering from measles. By the time the correct diagnosis was established, the infant’s health had declined to a critical state, necessitating an emergency transfer to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Despite undergoing intensive life-support interventions under specialised care, the child passed away on Sunday morning.
Institutional Responses and Familial Statements
Expressing his profound grief, the infant’s father, Parvez Ahmed Suman, noted the bitter irony of losing his long-awaited son. He stated that the family had traversed seven distinct hospitals across Comilla, Feni, and Dhaka, yet failed to save his child from the ravages of the disease. He explicitly attributed the fatal outcome to a critical delay by medical professionals in accurately diagnosing the measles infection, which prevented timely intervention. The infant was buried by his father on Sunday afternoon at their ancestral family graveyard in their village.
Confirming the administrative and medical timeline of the case, the Chauddagram Upazila Health Officer, Dr Rashid Ahmed Tofail, stated that the patient had indeed been admitted to the sub-district health complex whilst exhibiting clear symptoms of measles. Dr Tofail clarified that owing to the severe deterioration of the child’s clinical parameters, the local hospital authorities formally advised the parents to seek immediate advanced tertiary care in Dhaka. The health officer confirmed he had received official notification of the child’s subsequent demise in the capital on Sunday morning.