Health

Bangladesh recorded 1,001 new suspected measles cases and three more deaths in the past 24 hours, the country’s health authorities said on Sunday. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin, 62 cases of measles were confirmed between 8am Saturday and 8am Sunday, with no confirmed deaths during the same period. The DGHS said that since 15 March, ...

The government has Barrister Md Abdus Salam, an advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, as the Chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society for the next three years. The appointment was announced through a notification issued today by the Private Health Management-2 Branch of the Health Services Division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. In a separate notification, ...

Seven more children have died across the country with symptoms of measles in the past 24 hours, including six in Dhaka. During the period, 887 new cases were reported, according to the latest report of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) released on Saturday. According to the DGHS, a total of 677 children have died from measles and measles-like ...

A ninth-grade student, Khadijatul Kubra Mim, 14, died from alleged faulty medical treatmentat Thakurgaon 250-Bed General Hospital on Thursday night. According to the family, Mim was taken to the hospital’s emergency department after suffering from vomiting and abdominal pain. A female physician admitted her to the surgery ward and prescribed several injections and medications. Relatives claim that a nurse administered ...

Filipino conjoined twins Olivia and Gianna Manuel were successfully separated on Thursday following a complex six-hour surgery performed under Saudi Arabia’s Conjoined Twins Separation Program (SCTP). The operation was carried out at King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, by a specialized medical team led by Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, Supervisor General of KSrelief and head of ...

Children vaccinated at age 12–13 against HPV (human papillomavirus) have close to zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before the age of 30, landmark new research reveals. The first study of its kind shows deaths have fallen sharply since school-age girls began being offered it in 2008, and around 200 lives have been saved in England so far thanks ...

Nearly two in three adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh suffer menstrual disorders, with painful periods disrupting their daily lives and forcing many to miss school, according to a new study conducted by icddr,b. The findings, presented at a dissemination seminar at the Canada Club in Dhaka on Wednesday, also revealed significant gaps in adolescents’ knowledge of sexual and reproductive health ...

State minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku today paid a surprise visit to Tangail Medical College Hospital and expressed strong dissatisfaction over alleged mismanagement, irregularities and the quality of services being provided there. The state minister arrived directly from Dhaka at noon and inspected various wards, the emergency unit, outpatient department and hospital toilets. During the visit, he ...

A former healthcare worker has been cautioned by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for trying to obtain and sell Catherine, Princess of Wales’ medical records. The ICO began their criminal investigation in March 2024, following a report that a member of staff at the London Clinic tried to access the princess’s notes while she was a patient there for abdominal ...

Four children died from measles and related symptoms in the 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday, taking the total death toll to 661 in just over three months. Furthermore, during 8am Tuesday-8am Wednesday, 1,077 people were diagnosed with measles and measles like symptoms, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in an update.