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China assures continued medical support to BD
Providing emergency medical supplies to Bangladesh, China on Saturday said it will continue to provide assistance within its capacity based on the needs of Bangladesh.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Saturday joined senior officials of the Government of Bangladesh as China handed over emergency medical supplies to Bangladesh.
Md Saidur Rahman, Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh, Prof Dr Md Abu Jafor, Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), and Mohammad Nashir Uddin, Director of the National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery of Bangladesh, attended the event.
The medical supplies include more than 2,000 items of essential medicines and surgical instruments, which were supplied by the Foreign Affairs Office of Yunnan Province and the Wuhan Third Hospital of China, reports UNB.
The handover of materials is also part of the emergency medical assistance provided by the Chinese government to the Bangladesh side in rescuing the injured from the aircraft crash accident, said the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka.