By IPS World Desk Rome, Mar 28 (IPS) – Autism Spectrum Disorder is a name that covers a range of similar disorders affecting a person’s interaction, communication and behaviour.
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‘Low quality medical and surgican equipment cause deaths’
Rajshahi, March 10 – A daylong seminar on medical technology titled ‘Seminar on High-tech Medical Equipment and Modular OT’ held in Rajshahi on Saturday.
President off to Singapore for check-up
Dhaka, Feb 22 – President Abdul Hamid left here for Singapore on Wednesday night for a medical check-up there. A regular flight of Singapore Airlines carrying the President took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:50 pm, said President’s…
Hospitals overwhelmed by bombing blitz of Damascus suburbs
Beirut, Feb 22 (AP/UNB) — Doctors in Syria’s rebel-controlled suburbs of Damascus said Wednesday they were unable to keep up with the staggering number of casualties, amid a ferocious bombing campaign by government forces that have targeted hospitals, apartment blocks…
USA Gymnastics doctor ‘abused 265 girls’
The number of known sexual abuse victims of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has grown to 265, a Michigan judge has said. At least 65 victims are set to confront Nassar, 54, in court this week in the last…
Most of mudslide-stricken US town Montecito told to vacate
Montecito, Jan 13 (AP/UNB) – Most residents of mudslide-ravaged Montecito were under orders to clear out Friday as the search for victims dragged on and crews labored to clean up massive debris and repair power, water and gas lines.
Five floating hospital ships being designed to serve riverine districts
For the first time in the country, five fully dedicated floating hospital ships are being designed and constructed by naval architects and shipbuilding engineers exclusively from Bangladesh for marginal people. The floating hospital ships will be operated by Friendship, a…
Release bodies of poor patients even if bills unpaid: HC
Dhaka – In a verdict, the High Court (HC) on Monday ordered hospitals and clinics authorities to release dead body of poor and marginalised people even if they fail to pay the due bills.
Solar powered health posts to serve Rohingyas
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is harnessing solar energy to power its remote health posts in Cox’s Bazar’s giant Kutupalong and Balukali makeshift settlements, which are now home to an estimated 440,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar, an IOM press release said.…
HC doubts accuracy of probe on Dhaka’s Azimpur Maternity
Dhaka – A High Court bench on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over a probe report on the negligence of hospital authorities that forced a woman to give birth in the open place causing the death of the newborn near the Azimpur…
Bangladesh doctors have little time for patients
Physicians in Bangladesh invest only less than 50 seconds to each of the patients who seek primary healthcare against 22.5 minutes in Sweden, says a global study. One hundred and seventy-nine studies were identified from 111 publications covering 28 570 712…
Hospitals treating Rohingya patients overstretched
Cox’s Bazar, Oct 14 – Although people – not just patients, often their guardians/families – lying around on hospital floors is a sight one gets used to in Bangladesh’s chronically crowded public hospitals, nothing prepares you for the scene at…
Thousands face needless suffering at end of life
Carry Out Policies Promising Pain Relief New York —Tens of thousands of patients with terminal illnesses in Morocco needlessly suffer from debilitating pain and other symptoms, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today to coincide with World Cancer…
Kuwait to make expats present degrees for visa renewal
Kuwait’s government will begin checking and auditing university degree certificates when expats renew their residency visas, according to reports. Kuwait Times cited sources as confirming the measure, which will come into effect by the end of the month. They said:…
Eskayef’s Rohingya relief operation
-Prof. M Zahidul Haque Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while recently visiting the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar expressed her firm determination to help the Rohingyas on the humanitarian ground saying- “If we can feed 160 million people, we can…
Searching for a doctor at 3,000 metres high
By Andrea Vale Porcon, Peru, Oct 6 (IPS) – Good healthcare can be hard to get – particularly when one lives on top of a mountain. The road to Porcón in the Cajamarca region of Peru, therefore, is as breathtaking…
Trump rolls back access to free birth control
Donald Trump’s government has issued a ruling that allows employers to opt out of providing free birth control to millions of Americans. The rule allows employers and insurers to decline to provide birth control if doing so violates their “religious…
Falling off the health-care radar
By Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Philadelphia and New Delhi, Sep 28 (IPS) – Care for the elderly needs to be better targeted by the health system and social networks.
‘Food poisoning’ forces 50 in Thakurgaon hospital
Thakurgaon, Sept 20 – At least 50 people of Singarol village in Pirganj Upazila have been hospitalised since Tuesday evening after they fell sick due to suspected food poisoning.
‘Asia will be home to 60% of world’s over 65s by 2030’
Demography — the fundamental driver of all economies — is shifting the balance of power in Asia, according to Deloitte’s Voice of Asia report: By 2042 there will be more over-65s in Asia than the populations of the Eurozone and…
Rohingya crisis: Civilians ‘maimed by landmines’
The BBC has spoken to Rohingya Muslims who suffered crippling injuries after apparently stepping on army landmines as they fled violence in Myanmar. One of them, a 15-year-old boy being treated in Bangladesh, lost both legs.
Bangladesh needs climate resilient health system: WHO
Bangladesh, as one of the most vulnerable countries of climate change, needs to take a preparedness policy urgently and increase investment in key areas to build a climate resilient health system, said a renowned public health expert here today. “Climate…
Wounded and ‘afraid,’ Rohingya seek hospital aid
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 4 (AP/UNB)- With thousands of Rohingya refugees streaming daily across the swampy border into Bangladesh, one hospital was struggling Monday to treat dozens of men who had arrived with broken bones, bullet wounds and horrific stories of…
US$60m villa could be most expensive sold on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah
With 11 bedrooms, a vast expanse of private beach, as well as its own cinema and nightclub, “Tip Villa” on Palm Jumeirah is at the tip of Dubai’s luxury housing market – quite literally. The 46,000-square-foot property is set to…
German nurse believed to have killed 84 patients
A male nurse who was convicted of killing patients in Germany with overdoses of heart medication is now believed to have killed at least 84 people — and the true scale of the killings could be even larger, investigators said…
New FAA Flight Standards structure on Aug 20
WASHINGTON: FAA’s Flight Standards Service will officially be re-organized on August 20. “What’s important here is the change in mindset of how we’re doing business,” FAA Fight Standards Director John Duncan said at a recent industry conference, adding that he…
Urgent action needed on Hepatitis C
By Martin Khor It’s not acceptable that 500,000 M’sians are infected with the disease but cannot afford treatment when a total cure is available. WORLD Hepatitis Day fell on July 28. So it was timely that the alarming situation of…
BD to recruit 10,000 doctors soon: Nasim
Dhaka, Aug 3 – Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Thursday said the government has taken an initiative to appoint 10,000 physicians soon through special BCS examinations.
11 more Tripuira kids hospitalised in Chittagong
Eleven more children from hilly Tripurapara in Sitakunda Upazila of the district were admitted to Fouzdarhat Infectious Diseases Hospital with the high fever on Friday morning.Of them, six children were admitted to the hospital around 11:00 am and five others…
Family planning carnival Bangladesh 2017
Rafiqul Alam Khan In the early 70s’ birth per women constituted above 7 percent in Bangladesh but according to World Bank the rate in 2017 is just 2.2. This is almost analogous to a miracle. Something happened between these periods…