Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)

Dhaka hospitals need urgent support

They are struggling to provide necessary care to patients

We can’t treat dengue patients with so few nurses

Government must address the shortage in public hospitals

Covid positive father dies in daughter’s embrace on the way to DMCH

Sixty-two-year-old Anwar Hossain, a resident of Hazaribagh in Old Dhaka, had tested positive for Covid-19 four days back. He was receiving treatment at home.

Man found in critical condition in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh dies at DMCH: Rab

A man died early today after a Rab team took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He was found in critical condition in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area last night, Rab said.

Panic, neglect and a young life cut short

A young female patient with gastrointestinal complications died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday afternoon.

Panic over coronavirus led to negligence, death: family of patient alleges

A young Bangladeshi returnee from Canada, whose final hours were allegedly a blur of negligence of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) doctors, died due to gastrointestinal complications on Saturday night.

7 workers suffer burn injuries at Kadamtali steel mill

Seven workers suffered burn injuries when they were melting iron at a steel mill at Kadamtali area in the capital this morning.

House help tortured in Dhaka, 1 held

Police arrest one person in connection with a case filed over torturing a house help in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.

Smoking Complaint: ‘Schoolboy kills’ DMCH staffer

A Dhaka Medical College Hospital staff was beaten to death allegedly by a schoolboy yesterday after the victim complained to the accused’s family about his smoking, said police.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

No more tumours in Muktamoni’s arm: Doctor

Muktamoni, the 12-year-old Satkhira girl who drew the nation’s attention with abnormally large arm, has undergone a third surgery today. Doctors now say, there are no more tumours in her arm.

August 29, 2017
August 29, 2017

Second surgery on Muktamoni successful: Doctors

Doctors at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) conduct the second surgery on the right hand of Muktamoni, the 12-year-old girl from Satkhira.

August 28, 2017
August 28, 2017

Construction worker dies falling off building in Dhaka

A construction worker dies after falling from a nine-storey building in Dhaka’s Malibagh area.

August 23, 2017
August 23, 2017

Toiling without pay, they live on tips

Hospital is her home. She toils away serving patients and sometimes nurses and doctors on request, eats the leftovers of patients and sleeps wherever she finds space to lie down inside the hospital.

August 16, 2017
August 16, 2017

Tofa, Tahura’s sewing cut, likely to be released within 10 days

Twin girls Tofa and Tahura, who were separated from their conjoined at waist in a marathon surgery in Dhaka recently, are likely to be released from the hospital within from seven to ten days next, says a doctor.

August 13, 2017
August 13, 2017

Muktamoni happy after ‘successful’ surgery

Muktamoni is happy that her abnormally swelled right arm has come down to half its size after doctors removed a three-kilogramme tumour from it.

August 10, 2017
August 10, 2017

Youth stabbed dead in Mohammadpur

Unidentified miscreants stab a youth to death in Mohammadpur area of Dhaka.

August 3, 2017
August 3, 2017

Doctors’ first priority not to amputate Muktamoni

Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) will try to conduct the first surgery on 12-year-old girl Muktamoni, who has been suffering from an “unknown disease”, without amputating her right hand.

August 1, 2017
August 1, 2017

Gaibandha conjoined twins regain consciousness after separation

The conjoined twins from Gaibandha -- Tofa and Tahura – have been separated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Before the surgery, the around ten-month-old two sisters were conjoined at the waist.

July 20, 2017
July 20, 2017

Unidentified girl dies at DMCH, 12 days after rescue in senseless state

The girl, who was rescued from a hotel in Dhaka's Shyamoli on July 8 evening in a senseless state, has been declared dead by doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).