Another burn victim of the Milestone aircraft tragedy succumbed to her burn injuries at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Saturday morning, 33 days after the tragic incident.
Tasnia Haque, 15, passed away at 7:55am while undergoing treatment at the ICU with 35% burns, confirmed Dr Shawon bin Rahman, the resident surgeon of the emergency department at the Burn Institute.
With this, the total death toll at the aircraft crash incident rose to 36.
Tasnia was an eighth grader at Milestone School and College. She was from the Madhukhali Upazila of Faridpur district but lived with her family in the Nalbhog area of Uttara.
Sources from the Burn Institute report that 56 individuals injured in the plane crash were admitted to the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute. Of these, 20 have died, 14 were discharged, and 22 are still undergoing treatment.
Meanwhile, one patient remains at the Combined Military Hospital, where 14 fatalities occurred.
Additionally, one person each also passed away at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and United Hospital.
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