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.
Category: Surgery
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…
80 percent childbirths in pvt hospitals in BD Caesarean
Dhaka, Sept 11 – Over 80 percent of the deliveries in private hospitals in Bangladesh are caesarean, but half of them are unnecessary what health researchers criticize unethically motivated for grabbing a market of Tk 1200 crore leaving higher risks…
Unbelievable but true; 526 teeth in boy’s mouth in India
Dhaka, Aug 1 – A 7-year-old boy complaining of jaw pain was found to have 526 teeth inside his mouth, according to the hospital in India where he was treated.
PM Sheikh Hasina undergoes eye surgery in London
Dhaka, Jul 23 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now on an official visit to the UK, underwent a surgery in her left eye at a London hospital on Monday. “The prime minister underwent the operation in her left eye…
First-ever successful liver transplant surgery in Bangladesh
Dhaka, June 25 (UNB) – Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has conducted the first-ever liver transplant surgery, demonstrating the public hospital’s progress in modern healthcare service. The surgery was successfully conducted on Monday on a 20-year-old youth who had…
More deaths seen for less invasive cervical cancer surgery
New evidence about a cancer operation in women finds a higher death rate for the less invasive version, challenging standard practice and the “less is more” approach to treating cervical cancer.
A hospital where a doctor is more a friend
-Prof. M Zahidul Haque A medical doctor’s cordial and friendly behaviour creates a positive impact on the treatment and subsequent healing process of a patient. Recently I had been to the Artemis Hospital, a 400 plus bed super speciality hospital…
HC orders Tk 1mn compensation for Impact eye-surgery victims
The High Court on Sunday directed the authorities of Impact Masudul Hoque Memorial Community Health Centre in Chuadanga and IRIS Enterprise, a medicines supplier, to pay Tk 10 lakh as compensation to each of the 17 victims who lost their…
Hospital owner, doctor held for death in illegal C-section
Narayanganj, Sep 29 – Police here on Saturday arrested six people including a hospital owner and doctor in connection with the death of a 5-month pregnant woman, allegedly due to wrong treatment at a private hospital in Fatullah.
Gopalganj housewife dies during C-section by ‘quack’
An expecting mother died on the operation table while giving birth through caesarian section reportedly conducted by self-proclaimed doctors at a private clinic in Tungipara upazila on Thursday night.
HC directs to display fees in clinics
Dhaka, July 24 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court onTuesday directed the private clinics, hospitals, clinical laboratories and diagnostic centres display their charges and fees fixed for medical tests at public places.
10-year-old Somali girl dies after female genital mutilation
A 10-year-old girl has bled to death after undergoing female genital mutilation in Somalia, an activist said, a rare confirmed death in the country with the world’s highest rate of the practice.
10kgs tumour removed from farmer’s stomach
“I feel I have delivered four babies in one go. I feel so light and empty in the stomach,” says a farmer from Bikaner who got a 10-kg tumour off his stomach after a gruelling surgery.
The exit wounds are fist-size, bone is pulverized into dust
Jason Cone New York/Gaza, May 14 (IPS) – The exit wounds are fist-size. Bone is pulverized into dust. This is the reality for half of the injured patients received in my organization’s clinics since the launch of the Great Return…
Student who lost arm in bus rash driving fights for life
Dhaka, April 10 – Ill-fated Government Titumir College student Rajib Hasan, who lost his right hand in a road accident, has been put on life support at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) following deterioration of his health condition since…
Baby’ head severed during caesarean operation
The High Court on Sunday summoned the Civil Surgeon of Comilla and six other physicians to appear before it on April 4 to place their explanation over a faulty cesarean operation when doctors cut the baby’s head off.
Penalty set for illegal human organ transplantation
Dhaka, Jan 9 – The Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday passed the “Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Bill, 2018” aimed at providing with better health services riding on the improvement in technology and medical science in the country.
Patuakhali clinic asked to pay surgery fault victim TK 9 Lakh
Dhaka – The High Court on Wednesday asked the owner of the Niramoy Private Clinic and fake physician Razan the Das of Patuakhali, who left gauze inside a woman’s abdomen, to pay the victim Tk 9 lakh as compensation.
HC summons three over faulty c-section in Comilla
The High Court (HC) today summoned three, including Comilla civil surgeon over a botched c-section, where doctor stitched a woman’s womb leaving one of the twin fetus inside. A High Court division bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice…
Rohinmgya lives limbs shattered by mines at Myanmar border
Azizul Haque wanted to scream but could not muster the energy as he fought for his life, his body torn apart by the landmine he stepped on as he and his Rohingya Muslim family fled Myanmar. Instead the 15-year-old is…
Surgically separated twin sisters Tofa – Tahura released
Dhaka – After 40 days of their separation, the much-discussed twins Tofa and Tahura were given release from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday with an assurance of a job for their poor father.
Parts of the Organs Transplantation Act declared unconstitutional
The High Court issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why three sections (2ga, 3, and 6) of the Organ Transplantation Act-1999 will not be declared unconstitutional. The HC also asked them to explain why the failure of…
Khaleda undergoes eye surgery in London
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has undergone a successful eye surgery at an eye hospital in London. The BNP chief underwent the surgery for the cataract in her right eye at Moorfields Eye Hospital on Tuesday evening (London time), said her…
‘Pygopagus’ twins successfully separated in Dhaka
Dhaka – Conjoined twins–Tofa and Tahura–have successfully been separated by a group of expert physicians at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday.
China to lead in organ transplants by 2020
China is on track to lead the world in organ transplant surgeries by 2020 following its abandonment of the much-criticized practice of using organs from executed prisoners, the architect of the country’s transplant program said Wednesday. Chairman of the China…
Harmful surgery on intersex children unnecessary
Doctors in the United States continue to perform medically unnecessary surgeries that can inflict permanent harm on intersex children, Human Rights Watch and interACT said in a report released today. Despite decades of controversy over the procedures, doctors operate on…
BD civil surgeon summoned over faulty caesarean section
The High Court on Sunday summoned three people, including the Civil Surgeon of Patuakhali, to appear before it on August 1 to explain the incident of leaving a surgical instrument inside the abdomen of a woman during a cesarian operation.…
Law to facilitate more relatives to donate organs
The government has cleared an amendment to the law allowing more family members to become potential organ transplant donors.The amended law will also require all hospitals without a specialised unit for such procedures to obtain prior approval for transplants.The draft…
Surgery of a three-legged girl successful
A Bangladeshi toddler born with a third leg attached to her pelvis is returning home after successful surgery in Australia. Choity Khatun, who is three, was born with caudal twinning, meaning that part of a twin had developed in her…