Hospitals

Hospitals

Barishal hospital: Overcrowded medicine ward puts patients at risk

Patients and their families have alleged severe mismanagement, overcrowding, and poor healthcare services at the medicine ward of Barishal’s Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH), which is currently operating out of a cramped five-storey building not originally designed to serve patients.

1w ago

Accommodation crisis grips KMCH

Amid the ongoing intense heat wave gripping the region, Khulna Medical College Hospital is struggling to accommodate the rising daily influx of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses, overwhelming the hospital’s capacity.

1m ago

Sreemangal Health Complex: Patients suffer due to shortage of doctors, nurses

Patients are being deprived of essential healthcare services at the 50-bed Sreemangal Upazila Health Complex in Moulvibazar due to an acute shortage of doctors, nurses, and technical staffers.

2m ago

18 hospitalised with dengue in 24hrs

The total number of case has risen to 2,044 this year

3m ago

BNSB eye hospital: Taking eyecare facilities to the masses

Sajna Begum, an elderly widow from Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar, had lost her eyesight and was unable to perform even basic tasks on her own.

3m ago

Teacher, classroom shortages disrupt academic activities

The hospital itself has been functioning amid overcrowding among other challenges. Accommodating the medical college further strains its resources

3m ago

Rangpur Medical College Hospital: Medical waste piles up amid disposal woes

Rangpur Medical College Hospital has long been struggling with ensuring safe and effective disposal of medical waste, raising concerns over public health and the environment.

4m ago

Kalia Upazila Health Complex: Healthcare in a shambles

Patients at Kalia Upazila Health Complex in Narail are enduring severe hardships due to a shortage of doctors, an unhygienic environment, a lack of essential medicines, and insufficient staff.

4m ago

Surge in road crashes: Patient overflow pushes NITOR beyond capacity

The National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) is struggling to manage an overwhelming number of patients, far exceeding its 1,000-bed capacity, leaving many to receive treatment on the floor or in overcrowded corridors.

6m ago

New building of Lalmonirhat hospital lies unused

As a result, despite the hospital's official upgrade to a 250-bed facility, its operational capacity remains limited to that of a 100-bed hospital

6m ago

Strike at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital withdrawn

The strike at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital was withdrawn from this evening

10m ago

Doctors’ protests: Regular services stay suspended at DMCH

With no inpatient or outpatient services amid a strike following an assault on a doctor, the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday witnessed a heavy workload.

10m ago

Phulpur Upazila Health Complex: Healthcare limps on amid doctor shortage

Phulpur Upazila Health Complex in Mymensingh is grappling with staff shortages and overcrowding, leaving medical services in disarray.

11m ago

CMCH Burn unit: Construction work to start in September

Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen yesterday said the construction works of a 150-bed specialised Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit at Chittagong Medical College Hospital will start from September.

1y ago

Upazila Health Complex: Patients suffer for shortage of doctors

The 50-bed Sarishabari Upazila Health Complex, serving over four lakh residents across Jamalpur and Sirajganj, is facing a severe shortage of medical staff.

1y ago

Ctg hospital shut over irregularities

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has directed to close Central City Hospital at Parbartak Intersection in Chattogram city due to various irregularities.

1y ago

Hospital washrooms in appalling state: icddr,b

Only 68 percent of government hospitals have functional toilets, of which, only 33 percent are clean, as per a new study

1y ago

Lifts at public hospitals: Where Horror Abounds

Shipon Mia (not his real name) fears for his life throughout the hours he works as a liftman at a building of Sir Salimullah Medical College, commonly known as Mitford hospital, in the capital.

1y ago