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Hospitals

Patient’s Death: Hospital blames those who were stuck in the lift

Hours after a patient died while stuck in a lift on Sunday, the authorities of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital blamed the people inside for banging on the lift’s door and causing the “door safety” system to fail. 

4d ago

Stuck in lift, patient dies at hospital

A patient of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital in Gazipur died yesterday allegedly by suffocating after being stuck in a hospital lift for 45 minutes.

5d ago

Pirojpur, Patuakhali: Hospitals overrun with patients

The major hospitals in Pirojpur and Patuakhali districts are finding it difficult to cope with the onrush of patients amid the sweltering heat since mid-April.

1w ago

Bagerhat 250-bed Hospital: Biochemistry analyser machine left unused for a year

An automatic biochemistry analyser machine procured at the Bagerhat 250-bed Hospital has been lying unused for over a year. No allocation has yet been made to procure the reagents for conducting diagnostic tests using the machine.

4w ago

Bagerhat 250-bed Hospital: Services in jeopardy amid acute manpower shortage

An acute shortage of doctors and staff has left patients at the Bagerhat 250-bed hospital deprived of much needed medical care.

1m ago

Raids on hospitals countrywide from Feb 27: health minister

There will be zero tolerance for child deaths due to hospital authorities' negligence, he says

2m ago

Birganj Health Complex in Dinajpur: X-ray room locked for 8 months

Patients at Birganj Upazila Health Complex in Dinajpur have been suffering for the last eight months as the X-ray service of the medical centre remains suspended following retirement of its only radiographer.

3m ago

JMI, Apollo to open clinic in Dhaka

Apollo Hospital Enterprise Limited, India's multinational hospital chain and JMI group of Bangladesh, is going to establish and operate Apollo Clinic in Dhaka by this year

3m ago

Evercare Hospital observes Heart Day

Evercare Hospital Dhaka recently organised a patient forum to observe World Heart Day 2023, said a press release.

7m ago

Hospital runs without inpatient service

The 50-bed Tarakanda Upazila Health Complex, which started its journey nearly two years ago, is yet to start providing inpatient service, causing immense sufferings to treatment seekers.

7m ago

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.

7m ago

Madhabpur health complex: X-ray room locked for 16 years

The X-ray room at the 50-bed Madhabpur upazila health complex in Habiganj has been out of service for around 16 years.

9m ago

Rise In Dengue Patients: DMCH faces acute shortage of beds

Twenty-year-old Mohammad Sakib was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday as he was experiencing severe weakness -- a dengue symptom that is considered a “warning sign”.

9m ago

Pvt hospitals, perform unnecessary C-sections

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said caesarean sections are being performed at private clinics and hospitals unnecessarily when patients seek childbirth assistance.

9m ago

Free up more beds for dengue patients

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday asked all public hospitals to increase beds for dengue patients.

9m ago

500 beds, 1,500 patients

The 500-bed Khulna Medical College Hospital is currently treating over 1,500 patients on a daily basis.

10m ago

Doctors suspend strike after Central Hospital physicians get bail

Doctors of private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres today suspended their strike after two of their fellow physicians were granted bail in a case filed over the death of a mother and her newborn at Dhaka's Central Hospital during a C-section operation

10m ago

Pvt Hospitals, Diagnostics: Patients suffer as doctors go on strike

Services for outpatients were suspended as doctors at private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres began their two-day strike yesterday to demand the release of two physicians.

10m ago
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