Health alert

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.

6m ago

Dengue Fever: 1 dead, 201 hospitalised

One more dengue patient died while 201 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.

1y ago

Dengue claims 2 more lives

Two more dengue patients died and 14 were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.

1y ago

Dengue claims 8 lives in a day

Eight dengue patients died, while 765 were admitted to hospitals across the country yesterday.

2y ago

‘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.

2y ago

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.

2y ago

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.

2y ago

Still no robust policy to control Aedes mosquitoes

Three years have passed since the country witnessed over one lakh dengue patients in a year.

2y ago

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.

2y ago

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.

2y ago

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.

2y ago

32 hospitalised with dengue

Thirty-two more dengue patients have been hospitalised in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

2y ago

35 dengue patients hospitalised

Thirty-five more dengue patients have been hospitalised in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

2y ago

29 hospitalised with dengue

At least 29 dengue patients have been hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours, till 8:00am yesterday.

2y ago

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.

2y ago

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).

2y ago

31 hospitalised with dengue

At least 31 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

2y ago

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.

2y ago