Dhaka, May 14 -- A toddler has died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) after battling for his life for a month and a half.

Rafsan Aiyar, aged 18 months, passed away at the hospital's measles isolation ward at 10:30pm on Wednesday.

His grieving parents, Parvez Mosharraf and Rupa Akter, believe they might not have lost their only child had the facility been equipped with an intensive care unit (ICU).

The couple spent the last 45 days moving from one hospital to another in a desperate bid to save their son.

Parvez, a tea stall owner from Sreepur in Gazipur, recalled that Rafsan's condition spiralled when a fever turned into pneumonia in the middle of last month.

Following a five-day stint at MMCH, the boy received a measles v...