Moudud Ahmmed Sujan

Maya Akter Sumi was surprised to notice blood trickling down the nose of her five-year-old daughter Israt Jahan Fatema on July 31.

The death of a newborn and her mother at the capital’s Central Hospital in June occurred primarily due to the duty doctor’s failure to assess the patient’s condition, and the patient and her husband’s insistence about normal delivery instead of a C-section, an investigation by the health ministry has found.

Twenty-year-old Mohammad Sakib was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday as he was experiencing severe weakness -- a dengue symptom that is considered a “warning sign”.

Injectable saline solution, an essential fluid used for treating dengue patients, has become scarce in retail drug stores in Dhaka due to a surge in demand caused by the growing number of patients.

Essential Drugs, the state-owned pharmaceutical company, is rationing injectable saline to public hospitals to manage the high demand arising from the unyielding surge in dengue patients.

With this year’s death toll from dengue infection crossing the 300-mark yesterday, the fatality rate has risen to 0.5 percent, mirroring the rates seen in 2020.

The DGDA has decided to reduce the base price of all kinds of stents by up to 43 percent, effective from October 15, much to the relief of cardiac patients in need of stenting.

With 10 new deaths recorded yesterday, 178 people have died from dengue just in the month of July.

Mahmuda Akter stood in line with her sick one-year-old in her arms for a dengue test at the capital’s Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital around 10:00am yesterday.

Amidst the ongoing dengue outbreak, medical professionals have recommended individuals to promptly get tested upon the earliest onset of fever.

On June 26, 2013, the state-owned Essential Drugs Company (EDCL) acquired a drug production machine. Let alone use it, the state-owned company did not even unbox it for the next seven years.

The government has suffered losses amounting to Tk 459 crore thanks to irregularities at different public healthcare institutions, found four different compliance audit reports.

The deaths of Mahbuba Rahman Akhi and her newborn, following a botched C-section at the Central Hospital, have raised a few questions about the condition of gynaecological care in the country.

Mahbuba Akter Akhi, who along with her newborn died after a botched C-section, was convinced by promotional social media videos of Dr Sanjukta Saha on normal deliveries, said Akhi’s husband Yakub Ali Sumon.

A government study yesterday stated that the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) risk factors have further worsened in the country compared to 2018.

A government study shows that the child mortality rate in Bangladesh has increased significantly in 2022 compared to 2021, which experts said highlights the gap in child healthcare services in the country.

People may not get any respite from increased healthcare cost as the share of the budget allocation for the health sector has been reduced for next fiscal compared to that of the outgoing year.

The health ministry continues to struggle with utilisation of funds allocated in the national budget, like it did in the past few years.

Ensuring access to maternal services from skilled healthcare professionals is urgent since around 20,000 women still suffer from fistula in the country, according to experts.

Despite being a preventable disease, thalassaemia continues to spread in Bangladesh, with an average of around 15 children born with this blood disorder every day.