Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
DOI
10.4269/ajtmh.25-0111
Publication Title
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume
113
Issue
3
Pages
492-493
Abstract
[Introduction] The casualty department at Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital was crowded, as it always was. The air smelled of antiseptics, and hurried footsteps echoed through the narrow corridors. It was another day of internship, and I had just finished checking on a patient when a nurse called me over.
“There’s a new case in Trauma. Factory worker. Severe hand injury.”
I hurried over and found a man sitting on the examination table. His face was pale, and his forehead was glistening with sweat. His right hand was wrapped in a blood-soaked cloth. His left hand trembled as he clutched his lap.
His name was Abdul Karim. He worked in a small steel factory on the outskirts of Dhaka. The accident had happened that morning. A moment’s distraction, a slip of the hand, and the sharp blade of the machine had cut through his fingers. The factory supervisor had bandaged his hand hastily and sent him away, warning him not to make a fuss.
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Original Publication Citation
Imran, S. B., & Pathan, S. M. K. O. (2025). A worker's struggle. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 113(3), 492-493. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.25-0111
Repository Citation
Imran, Sakan Binte and Pathan, Shadman Mahmood Khan, "A Worker's Struggle" (2025). Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. 570.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ece_fac_pubs/570
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