Hospitals
Bagerhat 250-bed Hospital: Biochemistry analyser machine left unused for a year
An automatic biochemistry analyser machine procured at the Bagerhat 250-bed Hospital has been lying unused for over a year. No allocation has yet been made to procure the reagents for conducting diagnostic tests using the machine.
Bagerhat 250-bed Hospital: Services in jeopardy amid acute manpower shortage
An acute shortage of doctors and staff has left patients at the Bagerhat 250-bed hospital deprived of much needed medical care.
Raids on hospitals countrywide from Feb 27: health minister
There will be zero tolerance for child deaths due to hospital authorities' negligence, he says
Birganj Health Complex in Dinajpur: X-ray room locked for 8 months
Patients at Birganj Upazila Health Complex in Dinajpur have been suffering for the last eight months as the X-ray service of the medical centre remains suspended following retirement of its only radiographer.
JMI, Apollo to open clinic in Dhaka
Apollo Hospital Enterprise Limited, India's multinational hospital chain and JMI group of Bangladesh, is going to establish and operate Apollo Clinic in Dhaka by this year
Shishu Hospital seeing an uptick of pneumonia patients
Children and elderly are mostly flocking to the hospitals to get treatment for winter-related diseases like pneumonia, asthma and diarrhoea.
Close all illegal hospitals, clinics
Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen yesterday directed the authorities concerned to shut down all unregistered hospitals, diagnostic centres, and clinics.
United Medical College: No licence, yet hospital running for about a year
The United Medical College Hospital in Dhaka’s Satarkul, where a five-year-old child was given anaesthetic for a circumcision procedure on December 31, has been operating for about a year without registration.
Madhabpur health complex: X-ray room locked for 16 years
The X-ray room at the 50-bed Madhabpur upazila health complex in Habiganj has been out of service for around 16 years.
Rise In Dengue Patients: DMCH faces acute shortage of beds
Twenty-year-old Mohammad Sakib was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday as he was experiencing severe weakness -- a dengue symptom that is considered a “warning sign”.
Pvt hospitals, perform unnecessary C-sections
Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said caesarean sections are being performed at private clinics and hospitals unnecessarily when patients seek childbirth assistance.
Free up more beds for dengue patients
Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday asked all public hospitals to increase beds for dengue patients.
500 beds, 1,500 patients
The 500-bed Khulna Medical College Hospital is currently treating over 1,500 patients on a daily basis.
Doctors suspend strike after Central Hospital physicians get bail
Doctors of private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres today suspended their strike after two of their fellow physicians were granted bail in a case filed over the death of a mother and her newborn at Dhaka's Central Hospital during a C-section operation
Pvt Hospitals, Diagnostics: Patients suffer as doctors go on strike
Services for outpatients were suspended as doctors at private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres began their two-day strike yesterday to demand the release of two physicians.
Graft in public hospitals costs Tk 459cr in 5yrs
The government has suffered losses amounting to Tk 459 crore thanks to irregularities at different public healthcare institutions, found four different compliance audit reports.
BSMMU recruitment anomalies: Govt to look into allegations
The government will look into the allegations of irregularities at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today
Jibon Tari floating hospital celebrates 24th anniversary
Jibon Tari, the first floating hospital in Bangladesh, celebrated its 24th anniversary today on the bank of Arial Kha river at Mirganj in Barishal's Babuganj upazila..The special day was observed with a simple ceremony, recalling the contribution of those who had dedicated their efforts an
