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A specialised UK Emergency Medical Team (UK EMT) has arrived in Dhaka to provide advanced medical care for those injured in the tragic aircraft crash into Milestone School on 21 July.
The nine-member medical team comprised of highly experienced clinical professionals includes infectious disease specialists, intensive care doctors, infection prevention and control nurses and rehabilitation specialists, according to a statement issued by British High Commission in Dhaka.
Over the next three weeks, they will work with local clinicians to deliver critical care and rehabilitation services to injured students receiving treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
The statement quoted British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke as saying "The UK stands in solidarity with those affected by this tragic incident and wanted to extend its support." "I am confident that the specialised treatment offered by the UK medical team will accelerate the recovery and rehabilitation of the injured students," she noted.
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