Healthcare
Lifts at public hospitals: 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
Expecting mother dies at hospital
An expecting mother died due to alleged negligence by doctors at a hospital in Parbatipur, Dinajpur, yesterday
Patient’s Death: Hospital blames those who were stuck in the lift
Hours after a patient died while stuck in a lift on Sunday, the authorities of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital blamed the people inside for banging on the lift’s door and causing the “door safety” system to fail.
Stuck in lift, patient dies at hospital
A patient of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital in Gazipur died yesterday allegedly by suffocating after being stuck in a hospital lift for 45 minutes.
EPI vaccination resumes in Ctg after 5 months
The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) for newborns resumed in Chattogram yesterday after remaining halted for almost five months amid a shortage of vaccines.
Pirojpur, Patuakhali: Hospitals overrun with patients
The major hospitals in Pirojpur and Patuakhali districts are finding it difficult to cope with the onrush of patients amid the sweltering heat since mid-April.
Heatwave: Hospitals asked to be prepared, says health minister
The authorities concerned of the hospitals across the country have been instructed to be prepared to deal with adverse conditions amid a severe heatwave, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen today
Ongoing heatwave: Diarrhoea cases on sharp rise
Nineteen-month-old Nazmul Hasan has been suffering from diarrhoea since Friday. He was initially admitted to Bhaluka Upazila Health Complex in Mymensingh, but his condition worsened. Yesterday, in a critical situation, Nazmul was transferred to the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) hospital in Dhaka
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.
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.
Families trapped in saline water
A silent health crisis is unfolding in Gulishakhali village in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila.
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.
Health centres to remain open 24/7 to curb maternal mortality rate: minister
Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said the government will keep the more than 4,500 health and family welfare centres in the country open round the clock to reduce the maternal mortality rate
Medical College Hospital in Dinajpur: Patients hit hard by rising cost of dialysis
The cost of dialysis at M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital in Dinajpur surged due to a lack of supply of medical equipment and medicine, leaving at least 200 patients worried for their lives.
Charity hospital struggling to stay afloat
Joynal Abedin, a resident of Mymensingh Sadar upazila, established a charity hospital -- Momtaz Hospital -- with his life’s savings to provide medical support to poor people in his locality and other neighbouring villages.
Pneumonia Surge: Shishu Hospital overwhelmed by patients
With an oxygen mask on and a cannula attached to one hand, three-year-old Farhana Akhtar was lying in her bed in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Institute, still struggling to breathe.
‘Seek support for menopause’
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday emphasised the mental well-being challenges associated with menopause among women aged 40 and beyond.
28 percent children under five stunted
Child nutrition should be included in the election manifestos of candidates to address undernutrition in children under five, said speakers at a dialogue yesterday.
