Cardiac Implants For Children: Top hospitals using unauthorised devices
Unauthorised companies are smuggling a number of cardiac medical devices into the country and selling those to some of Dhaka’s top public and private hospitals without proper vetting, raising questions about health regulations and patient safety.
11m ago
$27b health budget in the works
The government is preparing a $27 billion budget for the upcoming five-year health sector plan, up 52.5 percent from the ongoing programme that ends in June 2024.
12m ago
Of lost loved ones and incomplete goodbyes
Asrafullah Jamal, a dengue patient being treated at the capital’s Kurmitola General Hospital, had a difficult time bidding farewell to his son, Kazem Ashraf.
1y ago
A trip to Germany to learn fogging!
Experts have raised questions about a recent foreign trip by four government officials and a ward councillor to Germany to acquire skills in operating mosquito fogging machines.
1y ago
How others control dengue
In 2010, Kolkata city had faced its worst dengue outbreak -- an event that prompted the municipality to draw up a definitive plan to control the menace.
1y ago
Should Bangladesh try Wolbachia?
Many countries including Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Brazil are opting for the Wolbachia method for dengue control.
1y ago
Dengue Outbreak: Platelet kit crunch delaying treatment
Treatment of seriously ill dengue patients is being affected by an acute shortage of the kit needed to extract platelets from whole blood in a method that requires only a single donor.
1y ago
Neglected, they demand fair pay, promotions
It was 2021. Braving flooding in the Padma basin which disrupted daily life and rendered vast stretches of land uninhabitable in Manikganj, a group of local health workers toiled tirelessly to safeguard the health of children disregarding their own.
1y ago
June 20, 2021
Lockdowns do come but only too late
On May 29, the Epidemiology and Public Health Committee of DGHS recommended strict and immediate “lockdown” on seven districts where the Delta variant of coronavirus started transmitting in the communities.
June 17, 2021
Virus Transmission: At least 50 dists now at high risk
The Covid situation is now going from bad to worse even beyond the bordering districts, raising the spectre of widespread virus transmission all over the country.
June 6, 2021
Covid-19 Surge: It may soon hit the heartland
On Thursday, the authorities of Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital increased the number of beds for Covid-19 patients to 30 from 20 to tackle the rush of patients.
June 4, 2021
Ailing Health Sector: No shot in the arm
All eyes were on how Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal would plan to revamp the country’s ill-equipped and Covid-battered health sector when he presented the 50th budget yesterday.
June 2, 2021
41 more die, 1,765 new cases in 24 hours
With the number of Covid-19 new cases rising every day over last several days, a team of researchers said Bangladesh may observe another peak of novel coronavirus infection in mid-July.
May 31, 2021
Recommendation for Lockdown: Mango gets in the way in 7 districts
Despite the health directorate’s strong recommendations for strict lockdown, officials in seven districts of Rajshahi and Khulna divisions opposed its enforcement right now, saying it will deal a heavy blow to around Tk 3,000-crore mango trade in the regions.
May 30, 2021
Put 8 districts on lockdown now
Health officials yesterday recommended immediate “strict lockdown” of eight districts that have witnessed an average of over 30 percent Covid-19 positivity rate for a week.
May 25, 2021
Infection surges in border dists
With the Covid positivity rate rising above 30 percent yesterday in three districts bordering India, health officials warned that the virus transmission may surge again in the country due to increased public movement and disregard for the health safety rules.
May 24, 2021
Guideline on black fungus coming soon
As black fungus infections emerge as a new threat to public health in India, health officials in Dhaka yesterday said they will soon release a guideline on preventing and treating the infection.
May 23, 2021
29 countries saw 1m extra deaths
Nearly one million extra deaths relating to the Covid-19 pandemic occurred in 29 high-income countries in 2020, found a study led by a team of Oxford University researchers.
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