Health alert
Pneumonia, associated symptoms: 89 children die in 17 days at Shishu Hospital
With a cannula in her right hand, three-and-half-year-old Madeya Momtaz was receiving treatment while lying on a bed in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital.
Dengue Fever: 1 dead, 201 hospitalised
One more dengue patient died while 201 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.
Dengue claims 2 more lives
Two more dengue patients died and 14 were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.
Dengue claims 8 lives in a day
Eight dengue patients died, while 765 were admitted to hospitals across the country yesterday.
‘Pink eye’ prevalence in the port city
There has been a sudden increase in conjunctivitis (inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye) patients in Chattogram city for over two weeks.
The dangerous rise of dengue
Twenty-four dengue patients have died so far in the country, of whom, 21 died in the last eight months.
Dengue cases double between July, Aug
August witnessed 3,551 dengue cases, more than double the number recorded in July. This indicates that the dengue situation is further deteriorating.
Still no robust policy to control Aedes mosquitoes
Three years have passed since the country witnessed over one lakh dengue patients in a year.
31 dengue patients hospitalised
At least 31 dengue patients have been admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours, till 8:00am yesterday.
An alarming spike on the way?
Dengue may spread further and faster during Eid vacation with thousands of people expecting to head home, said doctors and experts.
Dengue Outbreak: Mugda the worst-hit?
Tamanna Yesmin, a homemaker from Manda Kazibari, is currently undergoing treatment at Mugda Medical College Hospital for dengue. She has been admitted to the hospital since Tuesday.
32 hospitalised with dengue
Thirty-two more dengue patients have been hospitalised in 24 hours till yesterday morning.
35 dengue patients hospitalised
Thirty-five more dengue patients have been hospitalised in 24 hours till yesterday morning.
29 hospitalised with dengue
At least 29 dengue patients have been hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours, till 8:00am yesterday.
Collective effort need of the hour
Collective efforts are very important to save people from dengue. Everyone will have to come forward to destroy all breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes, said speakers at a dialogue yesterday.
Season’s first dengue death recorded
The first death from dengue this year was reported yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
31 hospitalised with dengue
At least 31 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
22 hospitalised with dengue
At least 22 dengue patients were hospitalised in different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.