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Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain has said legal action would be taken against Ad-din Hospital if its reply to a show-cause notice over the deaths of six newborns is not found satisfactory. He said this at a press conference at his official residence on Minto Road in the capital on Saturday. “The Ad-din Hospital authorities have ...

Bangladesh recorded 915 new suspected measles cases and three more deaths in the past 24 hours, the country’s health authorities said on Saturday. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin, 117 cases of measles were confirmed between 8am Friday and 8am Saturday, with no confirmed deaths during the same period. The DGHS said that since 15 March, ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain today said mobile courts will be conducted within the next two to three days as part of efforts to prevent dengue. “Institutions where Aedes mosquito larvae are found will face penalties. Mobile courts will be conducted after two to three days to strengthen dengue prevention measures,” he said. The minister made ...

Artificial intelligence has been used to develop a “fundamentally new” type of vaccine that could protect against large swathes of viruses and prevent pandemics, say researchers. The team at the University of Cambridge say it is the first time a vaccine’s key component has been designed entirely by AI and then trialled in people. The vaccine was engineered to work ...

The family of a girl left brain-damaged at birth have agreed to accept £28m in damages after the NHS trust involved admitted that its mistakes led to the tragedy. Barking, Havering and Redbridge university hospitals NHS trust failed to monitor the baby’s heart rate while her mother was in labour or ask an obstetrician to review the case, either of ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain on Thursday said those responsible for the deaths of six newborns at Ad-din Hospital would face the highest punishment under existing laws. “The six newborns died due to the hospital’s negligence and the air-conditioning system remained shut down. We will ensure the maximum punishment under the law against the persons responsible ...

Deaths among children due to measles and related symptoms have crossed 600 in just over two and a half months, according to an updated released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday. Seven new deaths from measles-like symptoms were recorded in the 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday. No death from confirmed measles case was reported over ...

Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain said on Wednesday that the government has launched a nationwide initiative to upgrade 492 upazila health complexes from 50-bed facilities to 101-bed hospitals as part of efforts to strengthen healthcare services across Bangladesh. He revealed the information at a press conference at the Health Ministry office at the Secretariat. The health minister said Prime ...

Doctors are hailing a drug that spares bladder cancer patients “life-changing” surgery and stops tumours coming back. Bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer in the world. Advanced or aggressive forms are often treated with surgery to remove the entire bladder, with patients left having to find alternative ways to pass urine for the rest of their life. Now ...

A growing number of adult patients have been admitted to Sylhet hospitals with measles symptoms, a trend that has raised concern as the outbreak continues across the division. While measles is typically considered a children’s disease, physicians say they are increasingly treating teenagers, young adults, and some elderly patients. Recovery rates among adults, however, appear higher than among children. According ...