Female doctors

Uphill battle of female doctors

After passing the civil service exam in 2015, young physician Nuzhat Islam* was excited about being posted at an upazila health complex in Tangail. The experiences that followed, however, were unpleasant enough to puncture the joy with which she joined work.

Women more likely to die of heart attack if doctor is male: study

Matching female doctors to female patients "reduced the probability of death by 5.4 percent, relative to this baseline," the study says..

May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019

Uphill battle of female doctors

After passing the civil service exam in 2015, young physician Nuzhat Islam* was excited about being posted at an upazila health complex in Tangail. The experiences that followed, however, were unpleasant enough to puncture the joy with which she joined work.

August 10, 2018
August 10, 2018

Women more likely to die of heart attack if doctor is male: study

Matching female doctors to female patients "reduced the probability of death by 5.4 percent, relative to this baseline," the study says..