Three-year-old Anisha Anju was struggling to breathe in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Institute.
Rakib Hossain, a barber from Narayanganj, has been fighting two battles since the July mass uprising -- one for his health and another for his family’s survival.
Rasel Alam, 36, a tailor from Mohammadpur, has been fighting two battles since the July mass uprising -- one for his health and another for his dignity.
The interim government is moving to approve the creation of around 14,000 temporary posts at the community level in the health sector to strengthen the workforce at the grassroots.
Over the last two months, at least 86 physicians and 136 students in eight public medical colleges and hospitals across the country have faced different punitive actions on various allegations, including “taking a stance against” the quota reform movement.
In Bangladesh, cardiovascular disease treatment is predominantly Dhaka centric and is prohibitively expensive. Patients have to either come to the capital or remain untreated, said experts.
Protests after the fall of the Awami League government have forced heads and top officials of many government healthcare facilities and institutes to resign or remain absent, leaving the entire sector in disarray, and ultimately causing patient suffering.
The sudden twitches of his left hand and his attempts to speak in too weak a voice are just about the only signs that 16-year-old Raiyan Ahmed is still alive.
Outdoor and routine medical services remain suspended, leading to an increased patient load at the emergency department.
Asif Mahmud, a first-year electrical engineering student at Faridpur Polytechnic Institute, will probably never see the world through his own eyes again.
Nine-year-old Rifat Howlader got shot when he stepped out of his home in Mirpur-13 to buy some snacks in the evening on July 19.
Lying in a hospital bed, teary-eyed Md Rifat was staring at his right leg, rather where his right leg used to be. He could not look away.
Private medical colleges, hospitals and diagnostic centres across the country have been facing unprecedented disruptions due to the ongoing internet shutdown.
Eighteen-year old Md Imran joined the quota reform protest in Uttara on Thursday when police fired shotgun pellets, teargas shells and sound grenades to disperse protesters.
Nahid Islam, a key organisers of the anti-discrimination student movement, was picked up by plainclothes persons from a house in Sabujbagh early Saturday, according to witnesses..They alleged the people broke the locks of the building gates to enter and detain Nahid, a masters student of D
Nahid Islam, a key organisers of the anti-discrimination student movement, was picked up by plainclothes persons from a house in Sabujbagh early yesterday, according to witnesses.
“Please help! We need money to send this body to his village for funeral. Donate whatever you can.”
It was absolute mayhem in Rampura and Badda areas on Friday..Quota protesters clashed with police and BGB personnel since morning to dusk, leaving at least 13 killed and over 500 injured. Many of the victims had bullet and shotgun pellet wounds on the upper part of their bodies..Thes
