Covid-19 treatment: Relying on pvt hospitals resulting in immense financial burden

The medical cost of Covid-19 is resulting in an economic burden of a lifetime as treatment costs in private hospitals is sky high and government hospitals lack capacity to accommodate the surge in patients.

Will the right to medical services, right to survive the pandemic remain an economic luxury? Why are government hospitals failing to serve the patients in need?

In Straight from Star Newsroom, Debjani Shyama is joined by The Daily Star reporter Shaheen Mollah to discuss the growing disparity and difficulty in access to Covid-19 treatment in Bangladesh.