Mason Abdur Rahim dies of fever in Karnaphuli, buried before test reports arrive
A mason named Abdur Rahim, 30, has died after suffering from fever in Karnaphuli upazila of Chattogram. He died while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital early on Thursday.
Abdur Rahim was the son of Abul Kalam of the Fakirnir Hat area of Bara Uthan union in Karnaphuli upazila. He worked as a mason and painter. He is survived by his wife, his four-year-old son Abrar and his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter Adiba.
His brother Abdul Karim said: 'My brother had a fever. On Wednesday I took him to hospital while he was still talking. But towards the afternoon his condition worsened. Then he died during the night. We never imagined we would lose him like this.'
Family members said Abdur Rahim developed a mild fever on Tuesday afternoon. He then bought medicine from a local pharmacy and took it.
When the fever rose on Wednesday noon, he was taken to a private hospital in the upazila. After his condition deteriorated, he was taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night.
Kalim Ullah, the brother of Rahim's wife, said eight tests, including a dengue test, were carried out at Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night. Of those, only the ultrasonography report had been received.
Abdur Rahim died on Thursday morning before the reports of the other tests arrived. Kalim Ullah said the family did not collect the reports afterwards.
Abdur Rahim was buried at around 11am on Thursday.
Relatives crowded his home on Thursday morning. Four-year-old Abrar cannot understand why so many people are at the house, and keeps asking where his father is. Family members are consoling him by saying his father has gone abroad.
