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
November 26, 2020
Probable Vaccine Recipients: Frontliners to be first in line
With Bangladesh securing nearly 100 million doses of Covid vaccine from two sources by next year, the most pertinent question now is who will be vaccinated first.
November 24, 2020
Covid-19 Medical Frontliners: Incentive not reality yet
The government has failed to provide a special honorarium to healthcare professionals more than four months into its announcement of rewarding medical frontliners in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.
November 24, 2020
Antimicrobial Resistance: It’s worsening amid pandemic
Different bacteria have already developed resistance to most life-saving antibiotics, but widespread irrational use of the drugs during the pandemic have raised fears of even more drug-resistant germs.
November 22, 2020
Antigen test still a far cry
The government has not yet been able to launch the antigen-based rapid testing kit at the designated healthcare facilities even two months after approval.
November 18, 2020
Covid-19 deaths creeping up again
Observing a rising trend in Covid-19 infections and deaths, experts in the country stressed on immediate acceleration of scientific virus curb measures to stop transmission.
November 15, 2020
Fears of 2nd Wave: Screening revamped at HSIA
The government appears to have scaled up screening at the capital’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport amid fears of a possible spike in Covid-19 cases in the coming winter.
November 14, 2020
10 lakh youngsters pledge to eat healthy
For Proteeti Setu Bibha, an eighth-grader at Nazirul Islam Collegiate School in Kishoreganj’s Bajitpur upazila, campaigning for healthy food among adolescents like her was not just any work, it served as a catalyst for ensuring a nutritious diet.
November 14, 2020
Diabetic Patients: Need for extra precautions to prevent Covid
As people with diabetes have a higher risk of severe Covid-19 infections and death from the virus, experts said diabetic patients need to be extra careful, do regular physical activity and eat a balanced diet to stay safe.
November 9, 2020
Physiotherapy in Bangladesh: Ailing all along
While demand for physiotherapy has been growing rapidly as a health profession across the world, it is still struggling in Bangladesh due mainly to the absence of a functional unique body.
November 4, 2020
Preventing Second Wave: Govt words not reflected in action
The government’s preparations for tackling a possible spike in Covid-19 cases in the coming winter appear to be limited to rhetoric as efforts to control virus transmission and ensure treatment are still far from satisfactory.
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