On 26 July, H.E. Mr Yao Wen, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Bangladesh, attended the handover ceremony of China's emergency medical supplies to Bangladesh. H.E. Md Saidur Rahman, Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh, Prof. Dr. Md Abu Jafor, DG of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), and Mr. Mohammad Nashir Uddin, Director of the National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery of Bangladesh, also attended the event.
The medical supplies include more than 2,000 items of necessary medicines and surgical instruments, which were supplied by the Foreign Affairs Office of Yunnan Province and the Wuhan Third Hospital of China. The handover of materials is also a part of the emergency medical assistance provided by the Chinese government to the Bangladesh side in rescuing the injured of the aircraft crash accident. China will continue to provide assistance within its capacity based on the needs of Bangladesh.
