Forty-four new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Friday.
Category: Health
56 new aids patients detected in Khulna division
Fifty-six new aids patients were detected in the division between November year and October 2019.
Taking Bangladesh to zero-leprosy, one new case at a time
By Stella Paul Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec 11 2019 (IPS) – Sandhya Mandal has never felt so vindicated. For the past four years, the 36-year-old community health worker from Meherpur – a rural district bordering India – has been traveling 50…
36 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
Thirty-six new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday.
Measles claim 70 lives, mostly children under 5 in Samoa
10 December 2019 – Seventy people have now died from Samoa’s measles outbreak, UN humanitarians confirmed on Tuesday, as the organization released emergency funding to help the authorities step up efforts to eradicate the preventable disease.
ADB partners with Bangladesh to support health care PPP
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly promote public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the country’s health care sector.
The quest to outwit superbugs
Sudhirendar Sharma Antibiotic resistance is currently the cause for an estimated 700,000 deaths globally, and a business-as-usual scenario may force this figure to swell to 10 million deaths per year by 2050.
46 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
Forty six new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Saturday.
Kidney donation outside relatives on good reason valid: HC
Dhaka, Dec The BD High Court on Thursday said people outside close relatives can donate body organs, including kidney, to patients emotionally but not for commercial purpose.
Early cholesterol treatment lowers heart disease risk
Treating younger people with high cholesterol levels may help reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke in later life, a major study showed Wednesday.
Denied services by doctor, woman gives birth at hospital gate
Dhaka, Dec 03 – A woman gave birth to a baby at the main entrance of Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib General Hospital here on Sunday night after allegedly being denied services at the hospital by the duty doctor.
81 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
Eighty one new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Monday.
94 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs
Ninety four new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Sunday.
HIV/AIDS kill more than 1,300 Cambodians in 2018
HIV/AIDS had killed more than 1,300 people in Cambodia in 2018, down 48 percent from over 2,500 deaths in 2010, Ieng Mouly, chairman of the National AIDS Authority, said Sunday.
86 new dengue patients hospatalised in 24hr
Eighty-six new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Saturday.
Asthma patients keep indoors: Dhaka 4th worst in Air Quality
Dhaka, Nov 30 – Bangladesh’s capital city ranked the fourth worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. Dhaka had a score of 192 at 8am, which means the air quality was ‘unhealthy’.
Samoa measles death toll rises to 37 : WHO
A measles epidemic raging in Samoa has killed 37 people, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, blaming an anti-vaccine messaging campaign for leaving the Pacific island nation vulnerable to the spread of the virus.
Dhaka residents in world’s worst Quality Air face climate emergency
Dhaka, Nov 24 – Bangladesh’s capital city was ranked the worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. This is for the fifth day in a week that the city has ranked worst in the world. On only one…
124 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
A total of 124 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Tuesday.
120 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hr
A total of 120 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Monday.
Big study casts doubt on need for many heart procedures
New York, Nov 18 – People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a procedure to improve blood flow rather than just giving medicines a chance to help, but it…
136 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hr
A total of 136 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Saturday.
Negligence led to pregnant woman’s death in Jessore: Family
Police arrested a doctor after he conducted a C-section at a private clinic leading to the death of a pregnant woman in the town on early Friday.
Woman dies of dengue in Savar
A woman died of dengue at Enam Medical College Hospital on early Thursday.
Warmer world is unhealthier place for children
Children are growing up in a warmer world that will hit them with more and different health problems than their parents experienced, an international report by doctors said.
Chuadanga OC withdrawn for ‘link to drug trading’
Officer-in-charge of Jibannagar Police Station Sheikh Goni Mia has been withdrawn for his alleged involvement with drugs dealing and negligence in duty.
149 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hr
Some 149 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Friday.
184 new dengue patients hospitalised in BD in 24 hours
Some 184 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday.
Only 10 doctors against 141 posts in 68 Bangladesh jails
Dhaka, Nov 05 – Although jails across the country are overflowing with prisoners but the authorities concerned could not ensure proper treatment for the inmates due to the lack of doctors as only 10 physicians against 141 posts are now…
174 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hr
In the last 24 hours till 8am on Monday, 174 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country.