BSMMU
Dancing with Sycophancy
The spectacle raises some serious questions about the state of academic integrity and leadership.
We need a referral system that works
Acknowledging the current strain on the reference system is the first step.
Who will listen to the woes of trainee doctors?
The trainee doctors at BSMMU have been demanding an increase of monthly allowance from Tk 20,000 to Tk 50,000 – a demand which is justified.
A super specialised hospital that serves no one
BSMMU must ensure its new unit is ready to serve the public without any further delay
A giver lives many lives
Organ donation pioneer Sarah shows the way forward for others
Sarah showed the way
Seven people, including Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Prof Sharfuddin Ahmed, have announced they would donate their organs after death, following in the footsteps of Sarah Islam – the first cadaveric organ donor in the country.
Sara’s gift to humanity should inspire us
Popularising posthumous organ donation can save many lives
Humanity was all she believed in
Twenty-year-old Sara Islam’s consent to donate her organs after her death has given new life to four, two with completely damaged kidneys and two without eyesight, in the country’s first successful transplantation of organs from a brain-dead patient.
Lives deprived of hope
Twelve-year-old Rubaiya’s world is limited to her bed. A resident of the Korail slum in the capital, she lives in a dark windowless tin-shed shanty. She has not seen a glimpse of the sky in the last three years. The last time she went on a trip outside was seven years ago, at her grandmother’s home in Cumilla.
Khaleda's Treatment: Govt for sending her to BSMMU, not pvt hospital
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia wants her treatment at the city's United Hospital but the government plans to admit her to a public hospital.
Khaleda to be taken to BSMMU on her consent: IG prisons
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on June 12 for her necessary test and treatment if she agrees, Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin says.
Big leap at BSMMU
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) successfully conducted its first bone marrow transplant, adding a new
SC releases full verdict asking BSMMU to reinstate 140 doctors
The Supreme Court (SC) releases the full verdict directing authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) to reinstate its 140 doctors whose appointment process were declared illegal by the High Court.
Doors shut on 160 doctors of key Dhaka hospital
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has not been allowing 160 doctors, recruited in 2005, to attend their offices since Wednesday.
160 doctors to lose job
Some 160 experienced doctors of the BSMMU, the country's lone medical university, are going to lose their jobs due to irregularities in recruitment by the authorities concerned 11 years ago.
Ekramul murder: Stay on Minar’s bail extended
The Supreme Court extends for two weeks its earlier stay order on bail of BNP leader Mahtab Uddin Minar in Feni’s Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque murder case.
Freedom fighter, poet Rafiq Azad dies
Renowned poet Rafiq Azad passes away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital in Dhaka at the age of 73.
Pay disparity: BSMMU teachers mull stopping treatment
Agitating teachers under the banner of Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers Association (FBUTA) consider tougher programmes over the new pay scale dispute.
One in three older women suffer from Osteoporosis
Around the world, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men are at risk of an osteoporosis fracture, says the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF).