Bangladeshi doctor urges China to allow her access
A Bangladeshi doctor has urged the Chinese government to permit her usage of the locked-down Wuhan city so that she can serve coronavirus patients at the epicentre of a global outbreak.
Syeda Zerin Imam, a doctoral student of Shandong University in China’s Jinan province, who's currently in Bangladesh, had recently handed a letter to the Chinese embassy expressing her intent, reports bdnews24.com.
The official at the embassy told bdnews24.com on Wednesday they have not arrived at a decision on Zerin. The embassy released a copy of her letter on Facebook.
“[From] the bottom of my heart I would like to say that I really like China as much as [I love] my own country,†she wrote in the emotional application.
“I recall the neighbour who helped me in climbing the sixth floor with forty litres of water bottles. I remember the girl who sold vegetables near my dorm and everyday kept the very best lemons for me and her 5 years old daughter with the smile on her behalf face used to perform towards me to play every evening.†Zerin recalled, saying she'd never forget them.
“In this time of difficulties, I just want to state [to] you all that you will be not alone for any reason. I am there for you.
“Though I am only only human being and have an extremely little life to have and perhaps I am not that much strong but I have the heart and courage to give it all to you and not enable you to die,†she wrote.
Zerin, a dental specialist, took a postgraduate degree on public health from North South University in Dhaka. She had worked in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and BARDEM Hospital. Her doctoral research is dependant on a 2017 chikungunya outbreak in Dhaka.
