Health

A special ‘green channel’ has been launched at Kunming Huaxia Eye Hospital in China to facilitate advanced eye treatment for Bangladeshi patients, offering pre-travel medical consultations, priority appointments, interpreter assistance and follow-up care after their return home. The service was formally inaugurated at the hospital in Kunming on Saturday by Bangladesh Consul General Shahnaz Ranu, who also inaugurated the Huaxia ...

The Department of Pediatric Nephrology at Evercare Hospital Dhaka organised the Third International IPNA-Endorsed Teaching Course on Pediatric AKI and Dialysis, titled “Saving Little Kidney & Renal Replacement Therapy in Pediatric AKI”, on 24–25 October. The two-day international conference will focus on acute kidney injury (AKI) in children, renal replacement therapy, and the latest developments in pediatric dialysis, according to ...

Measles infections and fatalities continue to rise across Sylhet division, with 200 suspected and confirmed measles deaths recorded from the beginning of this year through October 23. Among the deceased, 10 died of confirmed measles while 190 died with suspected measles. In the last 24 hours, three more children died with measles symptoms, according to a report from the Sylhet ...

Four more people died of dengue across the country in the last 24 hours, while 1,512 new patients were hospitalized with the Aedes mosquito-borne fever during the same period. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) provided the update in its daily dengue bulletin released on Thursday (October 22). According to DGHS data, the latest deaths bring the total casualty ...

Intern doctors at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) began a 24-hour work stoppage on Wednesday (October 21), demanding a solution to shortages of medical supplies and improved workplace security, among five demands. The strike began at 8AM, with reports of disruption to hospital services and suffering among patients and their relatives who had travelled from distant areas for treatment. The ...

India will reduce the prices of as many ​as 137 cancer drugs by ‌70%, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers said on Saturday, ​as it widened price ​controls in a bid to ⁠make treatment more affordable. Trade ​margins on the drugs will ​be limited to 30% of the maximum retail price, the ministry ​added. The medicines, which include ​immunotherapy drugs ...

Bangladeshi patients will get improved access to advanced medical services and healthcare information in Japan under a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Tuesday. Representatives from Bangladesh Medical Tourism Association (BMTA) and Japan’s International Medical Coordinator Companies Association (JIMCA) signed the MoU at a ceremony held at a hotel in the capital. The event included discussions on expanding medical ...

For kidney patients in Bangladesh, regular dialysis has become a lifelong struggle for survival, with one woman undergoing the treatment for 17 years and two men continuing for nearly two decades. Their experiences highlight both the possibility of long-term survival on dialysis and the limited access to kidney care in the country. Mariam Akter Lipi, 35-year-old Touhidul Alam and Aftab ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain on Sunday urged doctors, particularly female physicians, to take breast cancer awareness campaigns to rural communities, saying seminars alone will not adequately benefit disadvantaged women. “If you spend at least three days a year in villages or talk to women wherever you are, I think you can make a significant contribution ...

Bangladesh needs $1.4 billion to implement its “Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP)” for 2026-2031 and address the health risks of climate change, according to a study by BRAC University’s Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research (C3ER). The study outlines potential funding sources, including domestic public financing, investments from other sectors, development partner programmes and international climate finance, to support ...