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.
Coronavirus: 5 new thermal scanners supplied to air and land ports
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) supplies five new thermal scanners to international airports and ports across the country.
12 lakh Dhaka residents to get cholera vaccine next month: DGHS
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has said at least 12 lakh people in Dhaka will get two doses of cholera vaccine in the next month.
New China virus: Symptoms and prevention
Amid fears of the breakout of a new coronavirus in China, the Directorate General of Health Services in Bangladesh issues a press note informing people of the symptoms of the virus and precautionary methods that should be taken.
No China-returnee contracted coronavirus: DGHS
None of the 900 China-returnees screened at Dhaka and Chattogram airports are infected by coronavirus, Directorate General of Health Services claims.
HC summons health DG over setting up ICU, CCU at district level hospitals
High Court has summoned director general of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to appear before it on January 8 to know the progress about setting up Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at all district level hospitals.
HC stays DGHS circular for recruiting 143 officials
High Court (HC) has stayed for three months a government circular for recruiting 143 officials to 18 posts including that of teacher and medical officer under a project of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Number of dengue patients decreasing: Health minister
Health Minister Zahid Maleque claims that the number of patients being infected with dengue fever is coming down across the country.
Dengue situation may linger till Sept: DGHS
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says that the ongoing dengue situation in the country may linger till September unless immediate steps are taken in this regard.
Govt fixes fees of medical tests for dengue diagnosis across the country
The government fixes the fees for the medical tests to diagnose dengue at all private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres across the country.
Aedes Population: Six-fold rise in four months
The concentration of adult mosquito in the capital is nearly six times that in the pre-monsoon period, a key reason behind the rising dengue cases, an ongoing government survey has found.