Patients and their families have alleged severe mismanagement, overcrowding, and poor healthcare services at the medicine ward of Barishal’s Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH), which is currently operating out of a cramped five-storey building not originally designed to serve patients.
Amid the ongoing intense heat wave gripping the region, Khulna Medical College Hospital is struggling to accommodate the rising daily influx of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses, overwhelming the hospital’s capacity.
Patients are being deprived of essential healthcare services at the 50-bed Sreemangal Upazila Health Complex in Moulvibazar due to an acute shortage of doctors, nurses, and technical staffers.
Sajna Begum, an elderly widow from Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar, had lost her eyesight and was unable to perform even basic tasks on her own.
The hospital itself has been functioning amid overcrowding among other challenges. Accommodating the medical college further strains its resources
Rangpur Medical College Hospital has long been struggling with ensuring safe and effective disposal of medical waste, raising concerns over public health and the environment.
Patients at Kalia Upazila Health Complex in Narail are enduring severe hardships due to a shortage of doctors, an unhygienic environment, a lack of essential medicines, and insufficient staff.
The United Medical College Hospital in Dhaka’s Satarkul, where a five-year-old child was given anaesthetic for a circumcision procedure on December 31, has been operating for about a year without registration.
The cost of dialysis at M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital in Dinajpur surged due to a lack of supply of medical equipment and medicine, leaving at least 200 patients worried for their lives.
Joynal Abedin, a resident of Mymensingh Sadar upazila, established a charity hospital -- Momtaz Hospital -- with his life’s savings to provide medical support to poor people in his locality and other neighbouring villages.
With an oxygen mask on and a cannula attached to one hand, three-year-old Farhana Akhtar was lying in her bed in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Institute, still struggling to breathe.
The intensive care unit at Jamalpur General Hospital has remained unused since its inauguration, depriving heart patients of required treatment for years.
The only operation theatre of the 50-bed Baufal Upazila Health Complex has not been operational for the past two years, causing immense suffering to people.
The High Court yesterday directed the government to take steps to make it compulsory for all hospitals and clinics to follow the relevant guidelines for cesarean sections to prevent unnecessary operations.
Young parents Parul and Mijan became concerned when their only child, 16-month-old Aytullah, was having trouble standing up or sitting down -- activities that kids his age would easily perform.
Evercare Hospital Dhaka recently organised a patient forum to observe World Heart Day 2023, said a press release.
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.
