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.
1y 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.
1y 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
March 23, 2021
Vaccine drive loses steam
Jahur Ali, a 44-year-old worker at a stone quarry in Tetulia, was utterly clueless about the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination campaign.
March 20, 2021
ICU demand keeps rising
As coronavirus transmission has been rising from the second week of this month, the demand for ICU beds in the capital’s hospitals has also increased.
March 18, 2021
3 patients die after ICU fire
Bulbul Ahmed Kajol heard an explosion near ICU bed-12 at the Covid-19 unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s (DMCH) new building around 8:10am yesterday.
March 17, 2021
No lockdown right now
The government is not considering lockdown right now but has directed the health department to intensify awareness campaigns and ensure strict enforcement of health safety rules amid a rise in Covid-19 transmission.
March 16, 2021
Covid-19 Cases in Bangladesh: Worrying spike
Following detection of the UK variant, the South African variant of coronavirus has been detected in Bangladesh, according to global genome-sequencing database GISAID.
March 14, 2021
Number of critical patients surging
The number of patients at the intensive care units in hospitals, getting treatment for Covid-19, has been on the rise.
March 8, 2021
OF UNSUNG SHEROES
Dr Farhana Wahab still cannot believe how scary those days were when the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in March last year.
March 6, 2021
First Month’s Mass Inoculation Plan: 51pc of target achieved so far
The government is racing against time to achieve the lofty target of inoculating 70 lakh people in the first month of its Covid vaccination campaign.
March 4, 2021
Covax brings good news
Bangladesh will get 1.09 crore doses of the Oxford vaccine for free under the Covax facility by May.
March 3, 2021
Daily rate of vaccination declining
The number of people being vaccinated every day has been dropping over the last three days, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) data.
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