Dr ANM Monowarul Kadir Bitu, assistant personal physician to the Prime Minister, visited students undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery after a fire at Jamia Ashrafia Madrasa in Fatullah, Narayanganj.
He visited the hospital on Thursday, enquired about the students’ health and spoke with doctors and guardians, urging the medical team to ensure proper treatment.
According to hospital sources, 94 students were admitted after suffering from smoke inhalation. Of them, 85 have been discharged, while nine remain hospitalised, including two in the ICU.
The fire broke out around 1am on Monday in the madrasa’s library and office rooms on the second floor of its five-storey building. Around 250 students were staying there at the time.
-AJM