Dhaka, March 4 -- The first batch of Bangladeshi patients is set to leave Dhaka for China on March 10 as the two sides are working to improve medical service mechanisms.

The first-batch is likely to be consisting of eleven patients, an official told UNB, adding that they will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on March 10.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen will brief the media at 12pm at the CIP outdoor pathway at the airport before departure.

Senior government officials, representatives of patients, doctors and travel agency will attend.

On February 18, Ambassador Yao said three top-tier hospitals in China's Yunnan Province have been designated to specifically receive Bangladeshi patients.

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