July uprising: 60 more injured to be sent abroad for treatment
File photo of Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum. Photo: UNB
The interim government has so far facilitated advanced medical treatment abroad for 40 individuals injured during the July-August student-led mass uprising while arrangements are underway to send another 60 of them.
Of them, 8 will be sent to Bangkok and Singapore, 21 to Türkiye, and 31 to Pakistan, Health Adviser Noorjahan Begum said today ( 13 April) at a briefing in the Foreign Service Academy.
She also mentioned that Pakistan has specialised hospitals for treating those injured by mine explosions.
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At the press conference, the adviser announced that those injured in the 2024 uprising would receive free medical treatment at all hospitals across the country by showing their health cards.
