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
January 6, 2021
14cr to get Covid vaccine in phases
The government will inoculate in phases nearly 14 crore people against Covid-19 with double-dose vaccine from the COVAX facility under a Tk 6,786 crore pandemic preparedness project.
January 5, 2021
BSMMU mulls Chinese firm’s vaccine trial
The BSMMU authorities are considering approving Chinese pharma Anhui Zhifei’s proposal for the third phase trial of its Covid-19 vaccine.
December 31, 2020
Healthcare During Outbreak: Vulnerability EXPOSED
“Today we are unable to say what we had been saying until now. We have found three patients...” These were the words of the then IEDCR director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora on March 8 after the first detection of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, which changed everything, most probably forever.
December 27, 2020
Stay off winter events at all costs
Experts have anticipated that coronavirus infections will spike in late January and early February and urged people to abide by the rules and avoid “super spreader events” at all costs.
December 26, 2020
Harmful yet no hurry
Almost a year after harmful heavy metals like cadmium, chromium and lead were found in dozens of pesticides, the government is yet to enforce mandatory tests to prevent imports of the adulterated chemicals, widely used in the country’s vast agriculture sector.
December 25, 2020
No need to panic over new strain
Scientists in Bangladesh have reported a new Covid-19 strain, which is a bit similar to the one found in the UK recently.
December 24, 2020
UK Returnees: 7-day quarantine mandatory
Air travellers from the UK without Covid-19 negative certificates would be quarantined for seven days.
December 22, 2020
6cr Covid shots expected by June
Bangladesh will get six crore shots of Covid-19 vaccines between May and June next year from the COVAX facility, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said yesterday.
December 21, 2020
Covid-19 Vaccination: Plan it realistically to avoid chaos
With the government finalising the Covid vaccine deployment plan, a number of speakers yesterday warned that there may be chaos if the plan is not consistent with field-level reality.
December 18, 2020
Covid positivity rate drops to 8-month low
The rate of daily positive coronavirus cases dropped yesterday to 8.6 percent, the lowest it has been in more than eight months, while the recovery rate continued to increase.
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