Staff Reporter:
Ten-year-old twin sisters, Sarinah Jahan Sayra and Saibah Jahan Sayma, who were injured in Air Force’s training jet crash on Milestone School and College in the city over four months ago, have re-turned home yesterday after treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
The institute bid a farewell to the two sisters at the director’s office of the institute this morning, said a press release of the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing yesterday afternoon.
So far, 33 burn victims from the aircraft crash have returned home after treatment, it said.
On the occasion, Director of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Professor Mohammad Nasir Uddin said, “A total of 57 people injured in the Milestone School plane crash received treatment here.
Among them, 20 died during treatment, one was referred to a mental hospital for trauma management and three are still under treatment but out of danger.”
Sayra suffered 30 percent burns and Sayma sustained 15 percent, he said.
“Our doctors, nurses, and other staff have provided dedicated care to every burn patient,” Professor Na-sir said, adding, “The government has extended its full cooperation to us in ensuring proper treatment.”
The hospital authorities are continuing to stay in touch with the discharged patients and providing them with follow-up care, he said.
