India is sending two experts, nurses, equipment, and state-of-the-art medicines on Tuesday night to treat the burn patients in Dhaka, as over 170 people, mostly children, are fighting for their lives.
Official sources confirmed 31 deaths, 25 of whom are children.
Meanwhile, a consultant and two nurses are set to reach Dhaka on Tuesday night under an MoU between Singapore General Hospital and the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
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Prof Sayedur Rahman, a special assistant to the chief adviser, at a press briefing, said they will be able to join the medical team from Wednesday.
According to BBC Bangla, Dhaka had informed Delhi that most of the victims had suffered burns. India immediately took action in accordance with the request and made arrangements to send two specialist doctors along with a nurse.
Diplomatic sources from both countries have confirmed that the process of sending more doctors and nurses from India to Dhaka is underway.
Shortly after Mondayโs accident, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Mishri called his Bangladeshi counterpart and informed him that India was ready to help in any way it could.
On Monday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also posted on his X handle to express his condolences over the plane crash and said that India would provide all kinds of support and assistance in this crisis.
Since then, the two governments have been in constant contact through the Indian Embassy in Dhaka.
According to the army, a total of 31 people were killed and 165 injured till noon on Tuesday.
Of the dead, 10 died at the Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, 16 at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), 2 at Lubna General Hospital, and one each at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Uttara Modern Hospital, and United Hospital.
Among the injured, 8 are being treated at Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Hospital, 46 at the Burn Institute, 3 at Dhaka Medical, 28 at CMH, 13 at Lubna General Hospital, 60 at Uttara Adhunik Hospital, 1 at Uttara Crescent Hospital, 1 at Shaheed Mansur Ali Medical College Hospital, 2 at United Hospital, and 3 at Kurmitola General Hospital.
Prof Sayedur, however, said the death toll rose to 27, with 78 people undergoing treatment in various hospitals. So far, the bodies of 20 people have been handed over.
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