Coronavirus infected Prof Dr AKM Rownak Hossain Chowdhury of TMSS Medical College Hospital was flown to Dhaka from Boruga on Sunday by a MI-171SH helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF).
He was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital for better treatment, said an Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR) press release.
The BAF has always been providing emergency air transport and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) assistance in aid to civil power to tackle coronavirus and continuing various activities to affirm its commitment to meet all emergency needs in a professional manner, it read. In line with this, the Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force provided necessary guidance to carry out the medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) missions, the release said.
