A Chinese emergency medical team consisting of five burn-specialist doctors and nurses arrived in Dhaka Thursday night.
The team, carrying adequate "medical necessities" landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11pm, an official told UNB.
Director General (Global Health Emergency Response Wing) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sayeda Jesmin Sultana Milky and Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen received them at the airport.
The Chinese medical team is visiting Bangladesh at the request of the interim government of Bangladesh.
Then they will go to the National Institute of Burn & Plastic Surgery to provide all the necessary assistance and assessment, said the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka.
Indian medical team for burn victims arrives
On Thursday morning, at the request of the Bangladeshi side, Yunnan Province of China urgently organised a team of experts from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University to conduct a remote video consultation with the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Bangladesh.
The Chinese team expert in burn treatment, plastic surgery, pediatric nephrology and pediatric respiratory medicine joined Bangladeshi doctors to assess the conditions of several critically injured patients from the recent military aircraft crash and jointly discussed treatment plans.