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...
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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.
Time for govt to head off trouble, factions should show restraint
THE death of four people and the clash that caused the death after a faction of the Tabligh Jamaat had attacked another faction said to have occupied the Bishwa Ijtema ground on the bank of the River Turag in Gazipur are shocking and unfortunate. Whilst a hospital in Gazipur reports three people, wounded with sharp weapons in the clash, to have died..
AIUB student stabbed by muggers dies
A second-year student of American International University-Bangladesh who was stabbed by muggers in Narayanganj, died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday night...
Hospitals need to step up efforts to treat cold-related diseases
AN INCREASE in the number of patients, especially children and the elderly, with complaints of cold-related diseases and death from such diseases warrants special measures. Besides, patients with diseases that are usually aggravated by cold weather, including respiratory problems, diarrhoea, jaundice, skin diseases, fever and others, have crowded...
Poet Ershad Majumder dies
Poet, translator, researcher and journalist Ershad Majumder died of old age complications while undergoing treatment at Dhaka鈥檚 United Hospital Sunday night. He was 84...
Girl raped in city, man held
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped after being lured into a job in the capital鈥檚 Pallabi area on Sunday morning...
Swadhin Bangla football team member Khokon dies
Swadhin Bangla football team member Fazle Sadain Khokon died of a cardiac arrest at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday...
Fishery officials come under attack during illegal net recovery operation in Bhola
A group of fisheries department officials came under attack on Tuesday morning while conducting an operation to recover illegal nets in the River Meghna at Kathir Matha area in Bhola Sadar upazila.
Worker dies after falling from 18th floor in city
A construction worker, Mohammad Noyon Mia, 22, died after falling from the 18th floor of a 20-storey under-construction building in Dhaka鈥檚 Azimpur area Sunday afternoon...
Man stabs sister to death
A man allegedly stabbed his sister to death and injured his brother in their house due to dispute over properties in Dhaka鈥檚 Khilgaon area on Wednesday...
Student鈥檚 death sparks protests, hospital, colleges vandalised
Several thousand protesters, said to be students from different colleges, have vandalised Dhaka National Medical College and Hospital at Bakshibazar in Old Dhaka after the death of a student in 鈥榳rong treatment鈥�.
10 newborn babies killed, 16 critically injured in Indian hospital fire
A fire at the neonatal unit of an Indian hospital killed 10 newborns, authorities said Saturday, with another 39 rescued from a blaze blamed on a faulty oxygen machine...
Orbis Flying Eye Hospital arrives in Bangladesh for 11th time
The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, the world鈥檚 only fully accredited ophthalmic teaching and surgical facility on board an aircraft, arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday to conduct its 11th training programme in the country...
Student injured in uprising dies in CMH
One more student hit by bullets during the student-led mass uprising died on Thursday while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka...
Evercare Hospital Ctg appoints new branding head
Evercare Hospital Chattogram has appointed Salahuddin Mamun as the head of its branding and public relations department.
Ex-minister Palak admitted to hospital during interrogation
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former state minister for posts, telecommunications, and information technology, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital Saturday night after falling ill during police remand.