Health

The UK Emergency Medical Team (EMT), funded by the UK government, has arrived in Bangladesh to provide specialised medical treatment to students injured during the July-August uprising. This deployment is taking place in response to a formal request for assistance from the interim government, said a press release. The team consists of an orthopaedic surgeon, a physiotherapist and rehabilitation expert ...

A new campaign by the NHS in England is encouraging people who experience the first sign of a stroke not to delay calling 999, after analysis of calls made in the last year showed the average time to do so was nearly an hour and a half. England’s most senior doctor says stroke symptoms might not appear obvious or dramatic, ...

Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum has said various forms of misinformation are being spread regarding the HPV vaccine administered for cervical cancer prevention. “There is always some misinformation. When we were working on family planning and diarrhoea, there was misinformation then as well. The power to counter misinformation lies in raising awareness among people,” the adviser said while speaking to journalists ...

Parents of children suffering from rare disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) find a ray of hope as the journey of a full-fledged neuromuscular disease treatment centre has started in the country. Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disease affects the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, and voluntary muscle movement (skeletal muscle). It occurs mainly among infants. Most ...

Seven more people died of dengue while 1,243 new patients were hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning. According to the daily update of Directorate General of Health Services, with the new counts, the number of hospitalised dengue patients has reached 61,817 so far this year, and 297 people died among ...

When I arrive at an abortion clinic in south London, four protesters – three women and one man – are gathered on the opposite side of the road alongside a picture of the Virgin Mary, which is draped in rosary beads. They are silently mouthing prayers, and ask not to be interrupted. Protesters outside abortion clinics, standing with signs – ...

Healthcare spending pushed 6.3 million people below the poverty line in 2022, as estimated by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). 61% of hospitalised patients were in financial trauma. Many not only sell their property, jewellery, and other assets but also take high-interest loans to cover their hospital expenses. Health Insurance is the ultimate solution to mitigate these risks. ...

The government has announced more details of what is in this week’s Budget for the NHS – including £1.57bn for new surgical hubs, scanners and radiotherapy machines. The funding is part of the government’s overall pledge to increase the number of NHS hospital appointments and procedures in England by 40,000 per week. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Budget will ...

Three more people died of dengue while 1,197 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Monday morning. According to the daily update of Directorate General of Health Services, with the new counts, the number of hospitalised dengue patients has reached 58,108 so far this year, and 280 people died ...

Six more people died from dengue and 1,248 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever across the country in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), with the new fatalities, the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease now rose to 277. In the recent fatalities, two were reported in the Dhaka ...