31 injured in July uprising to be sent to Pakistan for advanced treatment: Health Adviser
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The government is going to send 31 people injured in the July mass uprising to Pakistan for advanced medical treatment, Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum has said.
She revealed this during a press conference at the Bangladesh Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka city on Sunday.
Asked whether Pakistan has made such a stride in medical treatment that such patients will be sent there, Begum said that Pakistan is a conflict-hit country and has expertise in handling such cases.
In addition, there is a specialised hospital in Lahore, and it has the expertise in handling the kind of patients Bangladesh is going to send, she added.
Along with the 31 patients being sent to Pakistan, preparations are underway to send 21 others to Turkiye, according to the health adviser.
So far, 43 people injured in the uprising have been sent overseas -- 26 to Bangkok, 16 to Singapore, and one to Russia, she said.
Of them, 70 per cent are civilians, and the remaining 30 per cent are students, according to the health adviser.
Begum also noted that a list of 864 people martyred in the uprising has been made, while more than 14,000 were injured. However, these figures may change as verification is still ongoing.
Director General of Health Services Md Abu Jafor noted that there are doubts among people about what will happen to the injured after the current government steps down.
As for this, he said that efforts are underway to ensure that the injured continue to receive medical facilities even after the current government leaves office.
During the July uprising, 21 people lost both eyes, 450 lost one, while 17 people had legs amputated and four lost hands, the press conference was told.
Health Adviser Begum said that the Chinese government has pledged to build a 1,000-bed hospital, and land for it will be allocated near the Teesta Project area.
Health Secretary Sayedur Rahman and Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser Shafiqul Alam were also present at the briefing.