The two most severely injured survivors of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Kathmandu require advanced medical facilities overseas.
Dr Hossain Imam, a member of the Bangladeshi medical team sent to monitor the condition of Bangladeshi patients, said their conditions were very critical and need further treatment.
One of the survivors, Dr Emrana Kabir Hashi, was sent to Singapore on an air ambulance around midnight Bangladesh time. She was being treated at Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital (KMCTH). Dr Emrana’s treatment will be in Singapore General Hospital.
[embed]https://youtu.be/bVv8H_ecb2c[/embed]Her brother-in-law Samir confirmed her flight to Singapore.
The other survivor, Eakub Ali, will be shifted to Apollo Hospitals in New Delhi, India from Norvic Hospital in Kathmandu.
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Dr Hossain Imam said: “Eakub suffered a head injury. There has been some bleeding in the brain as well as a mandible fracture and some soft tissue injuries. His condition remains stable, but the injuries and bleeding are in a critical part of the body, hence we have recommended he be shifted to New Delhi for better treatment.” He said communications were underway with Delhi’s Apollo Hospital regarding an air ambulance. Dr Hossain Imam further said patients were being transferred to proceed with definitive treatment, and not because of the failings of the Nepali medical authorities. “The Nepali medical team did everything that was necessary. The condition of not a single patient got worse in their care, all of them are stable,” Imam said. He also said two other patients at KMCTH who were in better condition - Kabir Hossain, Shaheen Bepari - would be transferred to Dhaka and admitted to the DMCH burn unit today. Another injured, Sheikh Rashed Rubayet, also arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon and was subsequently admitted to DMCH. He is the fifth injured passenger of flight BS-211 who has been admitted to DMCH since returning home. On Saturday, DMCH authorities also formed a 13-member medical board to treat the injured passengers.