Bangladesh healthcare

Patient Referral System: Still elusive after all these years

In 2014, then health minister Mohammad Nasim at an event in Rangpur Medical College Hospital officially announced the inception of a patient referral system for Rangpur division.

Why Bangladesh should invest in health information technology

Bangladesh falls short in leadership and commitment to improving the healthcare system.

Should we worry about a typhoid outbreak?

Authorities must remain careful, ensure supply of clean water

Sorry state of a chest clinic

Nur Alom stood in front of the squalid tin-roof building and wondered if he had made a mistake, travelling all the way from his village in Bagerhat to the Chest Disease Clinic in Khulna city.

Medicine Production in Bangladesh / GSK shuts factory after six decades

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, has decided to close its medicine manufacturing unit in Bangladesh after over six decades of operation.

Bangladeshis seeking diagnosis added to Indian medical visa

In a bid to give access to medical diagnosis facilities, India relaxes its medical visa for Bangladesh nationals.

January 23, 2023
January 23, 2023

Patient Referral System: Still elusive after all these years

In 2014, then health minister Mohammad Nasim at an event in Rangpur Medical College Hospital officially announced the inception of a patient referral system for Rangpur division.

December 1, 2022
December 1, 2022

Why Bangladesh should invest in health information technology

Bangladesh falls short in leadership and commitment to improving the healthcare system.

October 24, 2022
October 24, 2022

Should we worry about a typhoid outbreak?

Authorities must remain careful, ensure supply of clean water

September 17, 2022
September 17, 2022

Sorry state of a chest clinic

Nur Alom stood in front of the squalid tin-roof building and wondered if he had made a mistake, travelling all the way from his village in Bagerhat to the Chest Disease Clinic in Khulna city.

July 27, 2018
July 27, 2018

GSK shuts factory after six decades

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, has decided to close its medicine manufacturing unit in Bangladesh after over six decades of operation.

April 17, 2017
April 17, 2017

Bangladeshis seeking diagnosis added to Indian medical visa

In a bid to give access to medical diagnosis facilities, India relaxes its medical visa for Bangladesh nationals.