The ambassador of the People鈥檚 Republic of China to Bangladesh, Yao Wen, on Saturday attended the handover ceremony of China鈥檚 emergency medical supplies to Bangladesh for jet crash burn patients under treatment.
Md Saidur Rahman, secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh, Professor Md Abu Jafor, director general of Directorate General of Health Services and Mohammad Nashir Uddin, director of the National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery of Bangladesh, also attended the event, said a press release shared by the Chinese embassy in Dhaka.
The medical supplies include more than 2,000 items of necessary medicines and surgical instruments, which were supplied by the foreign affairs office of Yunnan Province and the Wuhan Third Hospital of China, according to the release.
The handover of materials is also a part of the emergency medical assistance provided by the Chinese government to Bangladesh in rescuing the injured of the July 21 fighter jet crash into a school building in Dhaka city, which so far killed 33, while 47 more were under treatment with burn injuries.
China would continue to provide assistance within its capacity based on the needs of Bangladesh, said the release.
