Yunus visits injured students at National Institute of Neuro Sciences and Hospital

As many as 11 people, including eight students, are being treated at the hospital

Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has visited the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in Dhaka’s Agargaon to enquire about the conditions of the people injured in the violence surrounding the quota reform movement.

He went to the hospital early on Saturday and met the students who were critically injured during the student-led uprising.

A statement. issued by the chief advisor’s press wing, said he conducted an inquiry about the conditions of the people who were critically injured by security forces during the student-led revolution in July-August.

The hospital authority told the advisor that at least 11 people, including eight students from universities and colleges, have been treated at the hospital. Four among them are receiving treatment at the hospital’s intensive care unit, or ICU. They suffered bullet injuries in the head.

Kazi Deen Mohammad, the director of the hospital, said the advisor saw the conditions of four students who were being treated in the ICU. Their conditions are improving, he added.

Earlier on Aug 8, Yunus visited Dhaka Medical College Hospital to meet people injured in the violence during the quota reform movement just after taking oath as an advisor.