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19 May 2024

Bangladesh collapse survivor leaves hospital

This photo taken on May 11, 2013 shows Bangladeshi garment worker Reshma, who survived 17 days buried under rubble after an eight-storey factory building collapsed, resting in Savar Cantonment Hospital on the outskirts of Dhaka. The 18-year-old seamstress, who became a national heroine when she was pulled from the collapsed factory, has fully recovered and left hospital on June 6, 2013, the army said. (AFP)

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A 19-year-old seamstress who survived for 17 days in the rubble of a collapsed garment factory building has left the hospital with a new job at an international hotel chain.

Reshma Begum told reporters she was in good condition Thursday as she was released from a military hospital in the Dhaka suburb of Savar nearly a month after she was rescued from the Rana Plaza building collapse. That disaster killed 1,129 people.

The management of the Westin Hotel in Dhaka said they had given her a job in their housekeeping department as a "Public Area Ambassador."

Westin officials at the hospital declined to elaborate on what her responsibilities would be.

Begum had earlier declared she would not return to garment work in the wake of her ordeal.