Another child dies, death toll rises to 30 in Milestone jet crash: DGHS
NN Online:
The death toll from the tragic fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College in Uttara rose to 30 on Thursday, after another critically injured child succumbed to burn injuries, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Twelve-year-old Mahtab, a seventh-grade student at Milestone School, died around 1:50 pm while undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS). He had suffered 85 percent burns, confirmed Resident Surgeon Dr. Shawon Bin Rahma.
Mahtab’s cousin, Rakib Hossain, said his father, Minhazur Rahman Bhuiyan, resides in Cumilla’s Debidwar upazila.
With Mahtab’s passing, a total of 12 patients have now died at the Burn Institute. As of 3:30 pm today, 55 more injured victims of the crash are still receiving treatment at various hospitals across the capital.
In a separate case, another 14-year-old critically injured student was admitted to the ICU of NIBPS on Wednesday night after being transferred from Uttara Adhunik Medical College Hospital. He is currently in ICU Bed No. 7 with 85 percent burns and remains in critical condition.
The institute is now treating 45 patients, including 9 in critical condition, 13 on complete bed rest (CBR), and 23 classified as intermediate cases. Treatment is ongoing in coordination with a medical team from Singapore General Hospital that arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Earlier today, the government released an official list naming 29 deceased and 57 injured victims of the Bangladesh Air Force aircraft crash.
Meanwhile, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director Lt. Col. Sami Ud Dowla Chowdhury warned against misinformation, saying, “Rumors about the death toll are being spread on social media, causing confusion among the public.”
He added that 22 bodies have already been handed over to families after identification. Six bodies remain at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) morgue, and one at Lubana General Hospital and Cardiac Centre. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has so far identified five of the remaining seven bodies, and DNA tests are ongoing to confirm the rest.