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DMCH forms 13-member board for plane crash survivors

One of the plane crash survivors was taken at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday. -Focus Bangla Photo
One of the plane crash survivors was taken at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday. -Focus Bangla Photo

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Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities have formed a 13-member medical board for providing better treatment to four Bangladeshi survivors of recent plane crash in Nepal.

National coordinator of country's burn units Dr Samanta Lal Sen is leading the 13-member medical team, said Abul Kalam Azad, director general of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

All kinds of treatment will be provided to the injured passengers of the crashed plane, he added.

Sheikh Rashed Rubayet, one of the injured passengers of the crashed US-Bangla Airlines aircraft, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon from Kathmandu, he added.

According to UNB, he will arrive in Dhaka by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines around 3:15pm.

Two other victims-- Md Shahin Bepari and Md Kabir Hossain-- will arrive on Sunday.

Emrana Kabir Hashi, another injured passenger of the crashed aircraft, will be taken to Delhi soon for better treatment.

Three more injured passengers - Mehedi Hasan, Saiyada Kamrunnahar Shwarna and Almun Nahar Annie-- arrived Dhaka from Nepal on Friday and are undergoing treatment at the burn unit of DMCH.

Besides, Shahreen Ahmed, another injured passenger, was brought back to Dhaka from Kathmandu and admitted to the DMCH burn unit. She is now undergoing treatment at its ICU.

US-Bangla Airlines flight BS211, flew from Dhaka, crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal on Monday with 67 passengers and four crewmembers on board.

At least 51 people, including 26 Bangladeshis, died in the crash.

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