DHAKA, July 29, 2025 (BSS) - The physicians have been attaching priority to treating mental health issues alongside the physical injuries of the burn victims in the jet crash at Milestone School and College at Uttara. 
  
"We are attaching priority to treating the mental health issues of the burn victims alongside their physical injuries in the Burn Institute," National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS) Director Professor Dr Mohammad Nasir Uddin told a news briefing at the institute this afternoon.

He said they have taken the matter seriously and they are making regular contacts with the health adviser and the health ministry. 
  
Dr Nasir Uddin said one of three critically wounded jet crash victims was now on the life support at the facility, where 33 patients, mostly students, were still being treated.

"A total of 33 crash survivors, including 27 children, are now undergoing treatment here. Three of them in critical condition are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the institute," he said. 

Nine of them are comparatively less critical and 19 others are receiving treatment at different beds with burn wounds, he added. 

The director of the facility said NIBPS was expecting to discharge several more crash victims by this week, while so far four wounded were released after treatment.
 
According to the latest information provided by the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, 34 people, mostly students, have died so far in the Milestone jet crash of July 21.