The death toll from the July 21 Bangladesh Air Force jet crash into Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area reached 33 as two more victims died on Friday.
Besides, 50 people, injured in the jet crash, were undergoing treatment in four hospitals in the city until Friday night, and five of them were in critical condition, doctors at the hospitals said.
On Friday, Makin, 13, died at about 1:05pm, and Ayman, 10, succumbed to his injuries at about 9:30am at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, according to the health and family welfare ministry.
Makin sustained 70 per cent burns and Ayman 45 per cent burns on their bodies, officials said.
According to the Milestone School and College authorities, the 33 deceased individuals include 25 schoolchildren, four guardians and two schoolteachers.
The pilot was also killed in the jet crash.
None is now unidentified or missing after the disclosure of the identities of five charred bodies by the forensic DNA laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Department of the police on Thursday.
The health and family welfare ministry shared updates about the deceased and injured victims at about 4:15pm on Friday.
Of them, 15 victims died and 40 were undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, 15 died and eight undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital, one each died at Dhaka Medical College, Lubana General Hospital and Cardiac Center and United Hospital Limited and one was undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital.
The National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery director, Professor Mohammad Nasir Uddin, at a press briefing Friday afternoon said that two students died in the institute on the day.
鈥楥urrently, five of the victims undergoing treatment at the institute are in critical condition, 10 in severe condition and 25 are in intermediate condition,鈥� he said.
Among the patients on ventilation, two were currently breathing on their own, Professor Nasir said, adding that four to five patients were expected to be discharged on Saturday.
Bodies of the two victims who died on Friday were sent to their ancestral homes in Shariatpur and Gazipur with the help of the hospital management and the respective District Civil Surgeon鈥檚 Offices were informed for further activities, he added.
Health Services Division secretary Md Saidur Rahman said that nine specialists came from Singapore. They include doctors and nursing staff, and five specialists came from China so far.
They took briefings on the patients and they were discussing with the doctors in Bangladesh, he said.
鈥楳ainly our six unit chiefs [of the burn institute] will coordinate everything,鈥� he said and added that anyone could give any advice.聽
Milestone School head teacher Khadiza Akhter told 抖阴精品 on Friday that it was quite difficult to collect details of the deceased students from the bereaved families right now.
She said that many documents of her institution were damaged and went missing during the accident.聽
鈥楢s per our information, a total of 31 people from our institution, including 25 students, four guardians and two teachers, were killed in the incident,鈥� she said.
She said that the identities of all five missing victims were confirmed through the DNA tests.
The head teacher said that the report of the probe committee formed by the authorities of the educational institution on July 22 would be published by the chief adviser鈥檚 press wing.
On Friday, special prayers for the victims were held at different religious institutions across the country following a decision of the advisory council of the interim government.
On Thursday, the advisory council decided to give all necessary support to the families of the victims from the government and extend state honours to two deceased teachers of Milestone School and College 鈥� Maherin Chowdhury and Masuka Begum.
Maherin and Masuka saved the lives of several students following the jet crash, but embraced death in the process, according to media reports.
Members of the CID鈥檚 DNA lab collected a total of 11 DNA samples from the seven unidentified bodies and body parts on July 22 and the identities of five bodies have been
confirmed by analysing the profiles of 11 members of five families, three of students and two of guardians.
