One Milestone crash victim is in life support system at burn institute
The NIBPS chief said some of the expert physicians coming from Singapore, China and India already left Bangladesh and some others were preparing to leave soon.
National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS) today (28 July) said one of three critically wounded jet crash victims of Milestone School and College was now on the life support system of the facility, where 33 patients, mostly students, were still being treated.
"A total of 33 crash survivors including 27 children are now undergoing treatment here," NIBPS Director Prof Dr Mohammad Nasir Uddin told a news briefing at the institute.
He said three critically wounded crash victims were being treated at the NIBPS Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and "one is now on life support system".
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Apart from the four, the NIBPS said nine jet crash victims being treated there were categorised as "severely" wounded patients, while the rest were receiving treatments at different wards with burn wounds.
The director of the facility said NIBPSD was expecting to discharge several more crash victims by this week, while so far four wounded were released after treatment.
Dr Nasir said NIBPS deviated from an earlier plan to release three victims today, reconsidering their condition and deciding to discharge them after another dressing.
The NIBPS chief said some of the expert physicians coming from Singapore, China and India already left Bangladesh and some others were preparing to leave soon.
According to the latest information provided by the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, 34 people, mostly students, have died so far in the Milestone jet crash on July 21.
