Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

From broken limbs to emergency surgeries, injured riders overwhelm hospital services

The Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Dhaka is struggling to cope with a surge in measles cases, with infections rising since January.

Eight-month-old measles patient could not access critical care as staff contracts expired and the unit remained inoperative for over a year

The outdoor department of the country’s premier respiratory treatment facility in the capital’s Mohakhali was so packed with patients that staffers were struggling to manage the crowd.

The health ministry has taken a series of initiatives to ensure uninterrupted medical services and safeguard the supply of medicines and vaccines amid concerns over power supply triggered by the ongoing US–Israel war on Iran.

92% of families with kidney patients face financial struggles; cases rising every year

Doctors say inhalation injury, higher burn percentages reduce survival chances

All medical records will be stored permanently on the card

An acute shortage of contraceptives has hit the country as more than one-third of the 487 upazilas have run out of all types of government-supplied contraceptives, raising fears of a spike in unwanted or unplanned pregnancies.

Amid a surge in mosquitoes over the past month, the health ministry has initiated a move to check whether the insecticide used to kill mosquitoes is effective.

Heath minister and state minister to inspect Dhaka city corporation storage facilities

No one will be allowed to register a new or used motor vehicle without scrapping a vehicle that has exceeded its economic life, according to a new government guideline.

The government has, for the first time, formulated a posting and transfer guideline for government doctors to make human resource management in the health sector more effective, transparent and people-orientated.

Bangladesh’s healthcare system has become capable of meeting the majority of domestic demand, but chronic mismanagement and poor planning are draining nearly four-fifths of the sector’s public spending, according to AM Shamim, general secretary of the Bangladesh Private Hospital, Clinic and Diagnostic Owners Association.

When major political parties highlighted health issues prominently in their election manifestos, many of their plans lacked clarity in terms of implementation, with some pledges appearing highly ambitious, experts said.

Nearly half the patients in a rural upazila are suffering from tobacco-related cancer, indicating tobacco use is a major factor driving the country’s growing cancer burden.

Over 3,200 doctors are set to join field-level services within the next 10 days, providing a major boost to healthcare, particularly in rural areas.

Just 17 days before the national election, the interim administration yesterday cleared a massive wave of infrastructure and social spending, authorising 25 new and revised projects with a combined price tag of Tk 45,191 crore.

The government is set to build a 1,000-bed hospital in Nilphamari at a cost of Tk 2,459 crore, with most of the funds supposed to be coming from China, to improve access to modern healthcare in the northern region.

Following the merger of the health ministry’s two divisions yesterday, health authorities will now reorganise services at directorate and field levels to improve coordination and service delivery, officials said.