Child raped at sister鈥檚 in-laws鈥� home on life support
The eight-year-old child raped while visiting her elder sister at her in-laws鈥� Magura home early Thursday was still unconscious at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday.聽
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Construction worker dies from electrocution
A construction worker died on Tuesday after being electrocuted and falling from a five-storey under-construction building in the Batteryghat area of Kamrangirchar in the capital...
Petrobangla staff privileged at Universal hospital聽
A bilateral corporate health agreement has been signed between Universal Medical College Hospital and Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation, Petrobangla in short.
Much more expected of govt to stop continued mob violence
CONTINUED mob violence, with no apparent sign for an early let-up, is worrying, especially because of its implications for law and order. In the latest development, a man, suspected of being a mugger, was beaten to death by a mob at Tongi in Gazipur at night on February 25. The police, who could not identify the deceased until February 26, say that they took away the...
Medical professional alleges AL govt sabotaged her gynecology career
Medical officer Nilufa Yasmin on Wednesday accused the Awami League government of derailing her career as a gynecologist by preventing her from completing the FCPS Part-2 training at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in 2009.
Bangladesh Endodontics Society gets new body
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University鈥檚 pro-vice-chancellor (research and development) and professor of conservative dentistry and endodontics department Md Mujibur Rahman Hawlader has been elected as president while Professor Md Abul Hasan, head of conservative dentistry department at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, secretary general of...
Interns鈥� strike antithetical to their professional obligation
PATIENTS suffer across the country as the intern doctors of public hospitals in divisional towns went on a work abstention programme on February 23, demanding that anyone without a bachelor of medicine, surgery, or dental surgery cannot be allowed to use the title 鈥榙octor鈥�. Since healthcare services, particularly in the outpatient and emergency departments in the public...
Man murdered by wife after 5th marriage
In Chattogram鈥檚 Halishahar area, a woman, allegedly driven by rage upon discovering her husband鈥檚 secret fifth marriage, took matters into her own hands, ending his life in a violent attack on Saturday.
CMCH, KMCH interns start 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� over five-point demand
Medical interns at Chattogram Medical College Hospital and Khulna Medical College Hospital started a 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� on Sunday, demanding the fulfillment of their five-point demand, including reforms in the healthcare sector...
EX-MINISTER HOUSE ATTACK: Students hold coffin procession as injured fellow dies
A student who was injured in a counter attack by local people allegedly over attacking on the ousted Awami League government鈥檚 liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque on February 7 night, died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital Wednesday afternoon...
Student injured over attacking Mozammel鈥檚 house in Gazipur dies
A student who was injured in a counter attack by local people allegedly over attacking on the ousted Awami League government鈥檚 liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque on February 7 night, died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital Wednesday afternoon.
Students besiege Naogaon Sadar Hospital over irregularities
Hundreds of students under the banner of the Anti-Discrimination Students鈥� Movement laid siege to the Naogaon 250-bed General Sadar Hospital on Tuesday, protesting against alleged irregularities, corruption and mismanagement.
Inner Wheel Club donates equipment to Azimpur hospital
Inner Wheel Club of Dhaka Nightingale has provided beds and medical equipment to Azimpur Maternity Hospital...
Pregnant woman dies for 鈥榳rong treatment鈥� in city
A pregnant woman died while undergoing treatment at the Women and Children Hospital in the capital鈥檚 Uttara on Tuesday allegedly for wrong treatment.
SUPER SPECIALISED HOSPITAL: ACC finds irregularities
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday conducted a drive at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Super Specialised Hospital in Dhaka, following allegations of irregularities in recruitment and hospital operations...
Singaporean eye specialists begin treating July uprising injured
A team of five renowned ophthalmologists from Singapore has begun treating the patients who suffered eye injuries during the July uprising in the country...
SURGE IN COLD-RELATED ILLNESS: Urban healthcare systems strained
URBAN centres, especially in Dhaka, face a significant rise in cold-related illness. The most vulnerable segments, the children and the elderly, bear the brunt, causing overcrowded hospitals and overextended healthcare system...
Student Movement leader beaten in Rajshahi聽
A coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination was beaten in his room at a rented hostel in Rajshahi city on Tuesday night...
Man鈥檚 hanging body found on DU campus
The body of a man hanging from a tree was found beside the Mathematics building on the Dhaka University campus on Wednesday morning.
Fiction writer Faizul Islam passes away
Fiction writer and essayist Faizul Islam passed away while undergoing treatment at Labaid Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday. He was 61.
Patients dying in corridors as UK hospital standards 鈥榗ollapse鈥�
UK patients are 鈥榗oming to harm鈥� with hospitals so overwhelmed people are dying in corridors awaiting treatment amid a 鈥榗ollapse in care standards鈥�, a report said on Thursday...
Effective mechanism must to stop medical negligence
A SURGEON of Bangladesh Eye Hospital performing surgery on the wrong eye of a child is yet another incident of medical negligence. The surgeon performed surgery on the right eye of the one-and-a-half-year-old child, who was admitted to the hospital with a problem in the left eye. Parents of the patient say that they took their son to the hospital for the...
HMPV infected woman dies in Dhaka hospital
The first patient in Bangladesh diagnosed with the human metapneumovirus died while undergoing treatment at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Mohakhali, Directorate General of Health聽 Services confirmed the information on Thursday...
Surgery conducted on right eye instead of left
A physician of a hospital in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi area performed surgery to the right eye instead of the left one of one-and-a-half-year-old toddler Irtiza Ariz Hasan on Tuesday night...
RU teacher injured in road accident dies
Purangit Mahalder, an associate professor of the Bangla department at Rajshahi University, who sustained serious injuries to his head in a road accident on Monday, died early Tuesday. He was 40...
MASS UPRISING: 2 unidentified bodies claimed at DMCH
Family members initially identified and claimed two bodies kept at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital mortuary since the student-led mass uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to flee to India bringing an end to a 15-year fascist Awami League regime...
July uprising cell seeks info on six bodies at DMCH
The newly formed July Uprising Cell by students against discrimination on Friday requested all to provide information on six unidentified and unclaimed bodies kept at Dhaka Medical College Hospital since the mass uprising.
SCB, Bidyanondo providing healthcare in remote areas
Standard Chartered Bangladesh and Bidyanondo Foundation have recently partnered to provide healthcare services to over 2,41,600聽 people from char and other hard-to-reach areas through Jibon Kheya floating hospital initiative, said a press release...
Gaza hospital shut after Israeli raid, director held: WHO
An Israeli military raid targeting Hamas militants has forced a major hospital in northern Gaza out of service and led to the detention of its director, the World Health Organization and health officials said Saturday.
Evercare鈥檚 checkup packages for EBL clients
Evercare Hospital Dhaka will provide special health checkup packages to Eastern Bank鈥檚 top-tier credit cardholders, said a press release.
