Milestone tragedy: Chinese medical experts conduct video consultation with burn institute doctors
At the request of the Bangladeshi side, Yunnan Province of China urgently organised a team of experts from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University to conduct a remote video consultation with the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Bangladesh.
The consultation took place today (24 July), reads a statement of the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh this morning.
Chinese experts in burn treatment, plastic surgery, pediatric nephrology and pediatric respiratory medicine joined Bangladeshi doctors to assess the conditions of several critically injured patients from the recent military aircraft crash and jointly discussed treatment plans.
Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel
In another statement, the embassy also said that at the request of the interim government of Bangladesh, the Chinese Emergency Medical Team, consisting of five burn-specialist doctors and nurses, will arrive in Dhaka this evening.
Then they will go to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery to provide all the necessary assistance and assessment.
