A female student of the Islamic University, Kushtia has died after catching the rare disease Vasculitis.
Dead Samia Akter Ful was a student of the 2021-22 academic session of the Mathematics Department and hailed from Pabna.
She breathed her last around 11:30 am on Tuesday while on life support at United Hospital, Dhaka.
The department chairman Assistant Professor Dr Sajib Ali confirmed the matter.
He said, "A few days ago, the girl took leave from me as she was sick and today heard her death news. I was not ready to hear it. We all of the department are saddened by her death. She was the first girl of that batch."
Her classmates said Samia was infected with the rare disease in 2020 and had recovered after taking treatment for a year but again fell ill six months ago.
She had been suffering from various complications, including kidney and heart problems, and coughing up blood, they said.
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