Hospitals

Hospitals

Strike at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital withdrawn

The strike at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital was withdrawn from this evening

3m ago

Doctors’ protests: Regular services stay suspended at DMCH

With no inpatient or outpatient services amid a strike following an assault on a doctor, the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday witnessed a heavy workload.

3m ago

Phulpur Upazila Health Complex: Healthcare limps on amid doctor shortage

Phulpur Upazila Health Complex in Mymensingh is grappling with staff shortages and overcrowding, leaving medical services in disarray.

4m ago

CMCH Burn unit: Construction work to start in September

Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen yesterday said the construction works of a 150-bed specialised Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit at Chittagong Medical College Hospital will start from September.

5m ago

Upazila Health Complex: Patients suffer for shortage of doctors

The 50-bed Sarishabari Upazila Health Complex, serving over four lakh residents across Jamalpur and Sirajganj, is facing a severe shortage of medical staff.

5m ago

Ctg hospital shut over irregularities

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has directed to close Central City Hospital at Parbartak Intersection in Chattogram city due to various irregularities.

5m ago

Hospital washrooms in appalling state: icddr,b

Only 68 percent of government hospitals have functional toilets, of which, only 33 percent are clean, as per a new study

6m ago

Lifts at public hospitals: Where Horror Abounds

Shipon Mia (not his real name) fears for his life throughout the hours he works as a liftman at a building of Sir Salimullah Medical College, commonly known as Mitford hospital, in the capital.

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.

1y 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.

1y 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”.

1y 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.

1y ago

Free up more beds for dengue patients

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

1y ago

500 beds, 1,500 patients

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

1y 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

1y 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.

1y ago

Graft in public hospitals costs Tk 459cr in 5yrs

The government has suffered losses amounting to Tk 459 crore thanks to irregularities at different public healthcare institutions, found four different compliance audit reports.

1y ago

BSMMU recruitment anomalies: Govt to look into allegations

The government will look into the allegations of irregularities at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today

1y ago