Dhaka, April 13 -- The government is going to send 31 people injured in the July mass uprising to Pakistan for advanced medical treatment, Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum has said.

She revealed this during a press conference at the Bangladesh Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka city on Sunday.

Asked whether Pakistan has made such a stride in medical treatment that such patients will be sent there, Begum said that Pakistan is a conflict-hit country and has expertise in handling such cases.

In addition, there is a specialised hospital in Lahore, and it has the expertise in handling the kind of patients Bangladesh is going to send, she added.

Along with the 31 patients being sent to Pakistan, preparations are underway to send 21 others to Tur...