Early identify, assess, and manage to prevent suicide
Every year 703,000 people take their own life and there are many more people who attempt suicide. Every suicide is a tragedy that affects families, communities and entire countries and has long...
Life-saving equipment lying unused
At a time when intensive care unit (ICU) support is so much in need, a state-of-the-art ambulance worth Tk 1.5 crore has just been lying idle at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) for over...
Cumilla Medical College Hospital: Acute scarcity of nitrous oxide hampers surgery
A lack of nitrous oxide supply -- needed for anesthesia during surgeries -- is putting patients at Cumilla Medical College Hospital in difficulty.
Kumudini: A trailblazer in healthcare charity
When Covid-19 patients are spending hundreds of thousands of taka to get treatment at hospitals and clinics, a hospital in Mirzapur -- a small town in Tangail district -- has been providing free...
Patuakhali Medical College Hospital: Brokers, medical representatives, pvt ambulance staffers disrupting services
The services at Patuakhali Medical College Hospital are being hampered due to the misdoings of the hospital brokers, representatives of various pharmaceutical companies and private ambulance staffers.
United Hospital’s 15th anniv observed
The 15th anniversary of United Hospital, situated at the capital’s Gulshan, was observed yesterday.
DGHS dedicates six hospitals
Amid the rise in dengue cases, the Directorate General of the Health Services (DGHS) yesterday announced six hospitals in Dhaka dedicated to treating the dengue patients.
Saidpur upazila town yet to get govt hospital
Unlike all other government-run upazila health complexes in the country, the one in Saidpur upazila town serves only outpatients, as it never had the capacity to admit inpatients.
Hospitals need to have contingency plans
Hospitals of the country need to be brought under contingency plans to face natural disasters, like earthquake, said speakers at a webinar held on Tuesday.
2,000+ dengue hospitalisations this month alone
In only nine days of August, the number of dengue-infected hospitalisations have crossed the 2,000 mark across the country.