Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today visited the National
Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) popularly known
as Pongu Hospital to see the injured victims during countrywide destruction
centering the quota reform movement.
The
head of the government enquired about the treatment of the injured people,
several with severe injuries and assured them of extending all sorts of
assistance to ensure their proper treatment.
Nitor
Director Prof. Dr. Kazi Shamim Uzzaman apprised the prime minister of the
treatment of the victims.
Sheikh
Hasina asked the hospital authorities to take all necessary steps for ensuring
proper treatment of the injured people.
The
prime minister has become emotional after seeing condition of the injured
people and tried best to hold back her tears.
Health
Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen, State Minister for Health Dr Rokeya Sultana, PM’s
Principal Secretary M. Tofazzel Hossain Miah and PM’s Press Secretary Md
Nayeemul Islam Khan, among others, were present.
The
prime minister on Friday afternoon also visited the Dhaka Medical College and
Hospital (DMCH) and enquired about the condition of the injured who came under
terror attacks during “total shutdown" programme enforced for quota reform
in the government jobs.