The government of China has sent the national emergency medical team to Bangladesh at the invitation of Bangladesh's interim government head Professor Yunus.
The Chinese medical team arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sunday. Yao Wen, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, and Sheikh Sayidul Haque, Additional Director General of Directorate General of Health Services, were present to receive the team, says a press release.
A brief and solemn welcoming ceremony was held at the airport.
Ambassador Yao stated that many civilians in Bangladesh have suffered during the recent student-led mass uprising in Bangladesh.
He said that as the comprehensive strategic cooperative partner, the Chinese government expressed its condolences to the victims and sympathy to the families of the deceased and the injured and as China and Bangladesh have been supporting each other through thick and thin, and the Chinese people deeply empathise with the hardships faced by the Bangladeshi people.
China will help Bangladesh assess the injuries and provide emergency humanitarian medical assistance based on Bangladesh鈥檚 needs, including sending more emergency medical teams to treat patients on-site and providing necessary medical supplies, adds the press release.
Dong Qian, Head of the Chinese National Emergency Medical Team and Deputy Director from the Department of Medical Emergency Response of the National Health Commission of the People鈥檚 Republic of China, said that with the coordination among the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Commerce, the China International Development Cooperation Agency and the support of the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh, the team has come to Dhaka to provide humanitarian assistance.
The team is composed of experts from the West China Hospital, one of the top hospitals in China, with a specialty in general surgery, trauma care, orthopedics, rehabilitation, critical care, ophthalmology and other fields.
Sheikh Sayidul Haque, Additional Director General of Directorate General of Health Services, on behalf of the Bangladeshi Government and the people, expressed deep gratitude to the Chinese government for sending an emergency medical team to Bangladesh.
He said this was the first medical team sent by a foreign government to Bangladesh since the establishment of the interim government and
the Bangladeshi side would provide full cooperation and assistance to the Chinese National Emergency Medical Team to help more injured recover as soon as possible.
