Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)

Accessibility of healthcare in Bangladesh

What should be the government’s main role in health service delivery?

OSD 'overdose' is hurting rural patients

Amid crippling doctor crisis, can our health system afford so many OSDs?

Dengue situation shows why our health sector needs an overhaul

The authorities should investigate and identify what has brought this sector to its knees.

Dengue test now at half price in govt hospitals

Patients from now on can get their dengue tests at Tk 50 instead of Tk 100 in all public hospitals across the country.

Dengue can be deadlier this year

Authorities must ramp up efforts to control it

Why are so many children drowning in Patuakhali?

Authorities must scale up drowning prevention programmes in the district and elsewhere

Spare a thought for patients with rare diseases

They are being undone by misdiagnosis, lack of awareness, and limited treatment options

Why is dengue being allowed to spread?

Authorities’ lack of action is as dangerous as the disease itself

Health services: Absent doctors a headache

A doctor of a government hospital in Gopalganj has been absent from work since March 16, 2020.

November 27, 2024
November 27, 2024

Accessibility of healthcare in Bangladesh

What should be the government’s main role in health service delivery?

March 10, 2024
March 10, 2024

OSD 'overdose' is hurting rural patients

Amid crippling doctor crisis, can our health system afford so many OSDs?

August 15, 2023
August 15, 2023

Dengue situation shows why our health sector needs an overhaul

The authorities should investigate and identify what has brought this sector to its knees.

July 12, 2023
July 12, 2023

Dengue test now at half price in govt hospitals

Patients from now on can get their dengue tests at Tk 50 instead of Tk 100 in all public hospitals across the country.

July 5, 2023
July 5, 2023

Dengue can be deadlier this year

Authorities must ramp up efforts to control it

January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023

Why are so many children drowning in Patuakhali?

Authorities must scale up drowning prevention programmes in the district and elsewhere

December 26, 2022
December 26, 2022

Spare a thought for patients with rare diseases

They are being undone by misdiagnosis, lack of awareness, and limited treatment options

October 30, 2022
October 30, 2022

Why is dengue being allowed to spread?

Authorities’ lack of action is as dangerous as the disease itself

September 16, 2022
September 16, 2022

Health services: Absent doctors a headache

A doctor of a government hospital in Gopalganj has been absent from work since March 16, 2020.

July 12, 2022
July 12, 2022

Flood death toll now 116: DGHS

Three more deaths from flood were reported in Sunamganj and Moulvibazar districts in 24 hours till this (July 12, 2022) morning, taking the total fatalities to 116.