Raden Siddiqui, Suraiya’s son, has been working with a medical company and hospital, which is also a renowned medical research centre, and also one of the oldest NGO’s ( Non- Governmental Organisations) of Bangladesh (Gono Shastho Kendra, GSK). Raden is working with his brother-in-law, who is a microbiologist - to create and manufacture medicines and tests kits for the people of Bangladesh.
Professor Suraiya Siddiqui also reports that the children were doing really well at the John P Hastings School, with a 100% pass rate for the primary exam, and that all these children had got places at a secondary school. The other five classes – pre-primary to class 4 - were going on regularly and well - before becoming locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic.