Health

A three-month nationwide cleanliness and public awareness campaign to prevent dengue will begin on Saturday, with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman scheduled to inaugurate the programme. The campaign will focus on the next three months, considered a high-risk period for dengue, and the prime minister has urged people to actively participate in the drive. He gave the directives at a meeting ...

The government would recruit 11,495 new doctors at public hospitals to fill the vacant posts at the earliest possible time, said Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain at the parliament on Monday. The health minister revealed the recruitment process while replying to a question from ruling party lawmaker Md Mosharraf Hossain from Bogura-4 constituency. Md Sakhawat Husain said that at ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham are testing a new non-invasive urine test, named the “Galius Test,” capable of detecting bladder cancer in its early stages without the need for invasive procedures. Bladder cancer risks increase with age, particularly among individuals suffering from recurrent urinary tract infections, diabetes, or renal complications. Key symptoms include hematuria – where urine appears red, ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain has said a nationwide special measles vaccination campaign is set to begin toward the end of this month. The government has already ensured an adequate supply of vaccines. The first phase of measles vaccination has already been completed in all districts of the country except the hill districts of Rangamati and ...

Members of parliament from across political parties on Saturday expressed strong commitment to becoming members of a proposed parliamentary caucus on disability rights, marking a significant step toward strengthening parliamentary leadership on disability inclusion and the rights of persons with disabilities in Bangladesh. The commitment came during a high-level Consultation on the Formation of a Parliamentary Caucus on Disability Rights, ...

Cancer patients from Bangladesh along with their family members are sleeping in the open air near Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital in Kolkata due to the lack of affordable hotels. Some people are sleeping under plastic sheets or using blankets, whereas others are sleeping near their baggage and medicines. They are also suffering from rain, mosquitoes, no toilets, noise pollution and dust ...

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has launched a dedicated bus service on four routes to facilitate commuting for doctors, nurses and other employees of Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital. The service was initially launched with three double-decker buses. DMCH Director Brigadier General Md Asaduzzaman inaugurated the service at the hospital’s Garden Gate on Tuesday afternoon. At the inauguration ceremony, the ...

United Healthcare, located at United City on Madani Avenue, has successfully performed Bangladesh’s first-ever robotic surgeries, marking a historic milestone in the country’s healthcare sector. Two robotic surgeries were successfully conducted on August 31, introducing advanced AI-driven robotic surgical technology to Bangladesh. A press conference was held at the hospital on September 1 to commemorate the landmark achievement. The two ...

Seriously ill children are being denied the chance to die at home because the NHS in many parts of England is flouting its legal duty to provide the care needed to make that happen, critics say. The widespread failure to provide at-home end-of-life care is forcing children who want to die at home to instead do so in hospital. Campaigners ...

Six more people died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,231 new cases were reported, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the new cases, 1,159 people developed measles symptoms, while 72 were confirmed to have contracted the disease, the DGHS said in its regular measles situation report on Tuesday. Since March ...