News Flash
DHAKA, July 21, 2025 (BSS) – Hundreds of people of all strata have thronged the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS) to donate blood to the victims of a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crash in a school compound at Uttara in the capital this afternoon.
“I have come here to get my name registered for donating blood, hearing that there is a huge necessity of negative blood groups,” said Hasan, a student of Dhaka University.
Like Hasan, many people were seen in queues in front of different makeshift booths set up by different organization in front of the NIBPS.
So far about 5,000 people have got registered their names by 8.30pm to donate blood to the victims of aircraft crash that left at least 20 dead including the pilot and 171 injured, mostly students of the Milestone School and College.
According ISPR, at least 70 people were admitted to the national burn institute.
“Mr Tanvir, 14 years, hailing from Milestone School and College has been brought dead to us at 3.30pm today,” according to a medical document signed by NIBPS Resident Surgeon Dr Shawon Bin Rahman.
Besides, four people were admitted to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) with burn injuries, while one of them succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
According to a DMCH official, the injured people were Raiyan, 14, Jarif, 12, and Sabuja Begum, 40, while the deceased was identified as Junaed Hasan, 10.
As the people with burn injuries were taken to the burn institute, many organizations including Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), Bangladesh Chhatra Federation (BCF), DU unit of Badhan, Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, National Citizen Party (NCP), Jatiya Jubo Shakti and Chhatra Union set up makeshift booths in front of the NIBPS.
The volunteers were urging the people to get their names registered, saying that there was a huge demand of rare blood groups.
“There is a demand of negative blood group. The doctors said that more blood will be needed from tomorrow morning. Therefore, we are collecting the names of people and their phone numbers,” said JCD Senior Joint General Secretary Syamal Malum.
He said they managed at least 200 bags of blood today and listed names of at least 1000 donors.
JCD General Secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir was present at the booth, among others.
Besides, NCP and Jubo Shakti jointly registered names of at least 650 donors while Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad registered 1,000 names of donors.
However, Badhan, a voluntary blood donation organization, collected names of more 1,000 donors while Chhatra Federation collected names of at least 500 donors.
