Online Desk  :   A Chinese National Emergency Medical Team has arrived in Dhaka to provide treatment to the people, who were injured during the recent mass-uprising. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen and Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services Sheikh Sayidul Haque welcomed the team at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday afternoon. The team comprises experts from the West China Hospital, one of the top hospitals in China, with specialty in general surgery, trauma care, orthopaedics, rehabilitation, critical care, ophthalmology and other fields.

At the invitation of chief adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus, the Chinese government has decided to send the National Emergency Medical Team to Bangladesh, said Chinese ambassador Yao Wen in a statement. This is the first emergency medical team coming to Bangladesh since the establishment of the interim government, which highlights the excellent bilateral relations and the deep bond of mutual support between the two peoples, he said. China will help Bangladesh assess the injuries and provide emergency humanitarian medical assistance based on Bangladesh’s needs, including sending more emergency medical teams to treat patients on-site and providing necessary medical supplies, he said.

Ambassador Yao said many civilians have suffered during the recent uprising in Bangladesh. As the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partner, the Chinese government expresses its condolences to the victims and sympathy to the families of the deceased and the injured. 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, the statement said. Sheikh Sayidul Haque expressed deep gratitude to the Chinese government for sending the emergency medical team to Bangladesh. He said the Bangladeshi side will provide full cooperation and assistance to the Chinese National Emergency Medical Team to help more injured recover as soon as possible.