Nepal plane crash victim Rubayat brought back, admitted to DMCH

Sheikh Rashed Rubayat, one of the 10 Bangladeshis injured in the deadly plane crash in Nepal, has been brought back.

He was admitted to the burns unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital or DMCH where four other victims of the crash are undergoing treatment on Saturday.

Rubayat was in a ‘better’ condition than the others, said burns unit Coordinator Samanta Lal Sen.

“It seemed he suffered some fractures in his ribs and some soft injuries in his leg. These are his main problems,” doctor Sen said. 

He also said they called a respiratory medicine specialist as Rubayat complained about pain in his lungs.

“On first look, he seems to be in better condition than the others who arrived from Nepal,” Sen added.

Two more survivors, Kabir Hossain and Shahin Bepari, would be brought back to Dhaka on Sunday, the doctor said.

All the five plane crash victims at the DMCH were suffering 'some traumas', Sen said and added Rubayat recovered much from the shock with the help of his relatives.

About the other survivors at the hospital, he said, “Stable, but I won’t say out of danger.”

He said they would let the media know the update after a meeting of a 13-member medical board formed for the treatment of the plane crash survivors.

The four others at the hospital are Shahreen Ahmed, Mehedi Hasan, his wife Saiyda Kamrunnahar Swarna and his sister-in-law Almun Nahar Annie.

Among the other survivors, Emrana Kabir Hashi will be taken to India from Nepal while Rezwanul Haque was already taken to Singapore.

Directorate General of Health Services Director General Abul Kalam Azad said survivor Eakub Ali’s relatives wanted him to continue his treatment in Nepal.

Forty-nine of the 71 people on board a US-Bangla Airlines plane from Dhaka died when it crashed and caught fire near the runway of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Mar 12.