CM arranges treatment for child with hearing impairment

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee arranged treatment for Isfatara Mondal (centre), an eight-year-old from Bolpur’s Jambuni who has a hearing disorder since infancy.

Mamata spotted the child standing with her mother Samapti Khatun (right) and grandmother near a Duare Sarkar camp in Bolpur on Monday afternoon.

“Didi walked up to us and heard out my daughter’s plight,” said Samapti, wife of a small-time trader.

“We are poor and the doctor said her treatment would cost lakhs. I got a call from the chief minister’s office on Monday evening that my daughter will be taken to Calcutta.”