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
February 10, 2021
Mass Vaccination: Teachers to get jabs in a week
The government plans to vaccinate all teachers as it aims to reopen educational institutions, which were closed on March 17 last year to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
February 9, 2021
Mugda lacks facilities for the elderly
Along with her son Rezaur Rahman and his wife Farhana Hossain, 84-year-old Rizia Khatun, an osteoporosis patient, went to the capital’s Mugda Medical College Hospital to take the Covid-19 vaccine yesterday.
February 9, 2021
Mass Vaccination: Age bar brought down to 40 now
The government has allowed people aged 40 and above to register for inoculation against Covid-19 as only a fraction of the people eligible for the shots are responding to the campaign.
February 8, 2021
Get vaccinated, protect people
Mehedi Hasan took his weak and elderly mother to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University vaccination centre around noon yesterday.
February 7, 2021
Mass Vaccination: Poor response poses a stiff challenge
The coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out across the country today amid lukewarm interest from the people in getting the shots.
February 4, 2021
Covid Positivity: Daily rate drops below 3 percent
The rate of daily positive coronavirus cases dropped to 2.92 percent yesterday, the lowest in more than nine months.
February 2, 2021
Covid Vaccination: Dhaka dist gets 4 lakh shots
The government has allocated four lakh shots of Covid-19 vaccine for Dhaka district, Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, additional director general of the health directorate, said yesterday.
February 1, 2021
50 lakh shots sent to 61 dists
The government has sent 50 lakh vaccine doses, purchased from Serum Institute of India, to 61 districts for the mass inoculation campaign against Covid-19 beginning on February 7.
January 31, 2021
13,000 sign up for Covid-19 vaccine shots
Over 13,000 people have registered online for inoculation against Covid-19 as of yesterday noon, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
January 30, 2021
No serious side effect
Top health official Prof Nasima Sultana, who was inoculated on Wednesday, said she was feeling very well and had been working as usual at office and home.
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