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A total of 1, 704 people have been infected with dengue from January to May this year, which is five times higher than the same period last year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has recorded 13 deaths so far this year. It said 320 people were hospitalised with dengue between January 1 and May 29 last year. Health ...

The DGHS has fixed dengue test charge at a maximum of Tk 500 at private hospitals. “Stern action will be taken against the hospitals which took extra charges from the fixed rate.” Prof Dr Ahmedul Kabir, additional director general of the Directorate General of the Health Services (DGHS), warned this at press briefing on Sunday. Meanwhile, tk 100 is fixed ...

World Physiotherapy Congress is going to be held at Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from June 2 to 4. Marking the programme, the World Trade Centre of Dubai will turn into a place of gathering of around 5,000 teachers, students and practitioners from around the globe, said a press release of Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association (BPA). Amid Covid-19 pandemic in ...

When it comes to hair transplants, finding the right country to have the procedure done can be a daunting task. There are many factors to consider, including the expertise of the surgeon, the cost of the procedure, and the overall quality of aftercare. We did the research and have come up with a list of 10 countries that are most ...

Tech-driven healthcare management company Zen Health360 organised a knowledge sharing session on potentials of Malaysia healthcare for Bangladeshis. During the networking session at a Gulshan hotel on Tuesday night, the participants exchanged views on potentials of collaboration with local partner – Zen Health360 focusing on Malaysia as a destination of ‘world class’ healthcare. Malaysia’s Mahkota Medical Centre marketing director Tan ...

Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF),the CSR arm of Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) on Tuesday inaugurated Telemedicine clinic in Humma, Rambha, Pattapur, Raj Ranpur and Godipara villages in the Ganjam and Nayagarh districts of Odisha. A total of 5 telemedicine clinics are now operational in the state. The telemedicine clinics are an extension of HMIF’s social outreach initiative ‘Sparsh Sanjeevani’ ...

The World Health Organization on Monday won basic approval for a $6.83-billion budget over the next two years, including a 20-percent hike in mandatory membership fees. As the UN health agency kicked off its annual decision-making assembly, member states in a key committee approved the budget without objection, AFP reports. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the move as “historic ...

Food is medicine. If you’re struggling with pain from arthritis, eating foods that have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties — along with any drugs or other treatments your doctor recommends — may help. “Research is ongoing, but scientists already have found that certain foods may reduce arthritis-related inflammation and pain,” says registered dietitian Andrea Dunn, RD, LD, CDE. Here are ...

A new pandemic accord under negotiation must be a “historic agreement” marking a dramatic shift in the approach to global health security after the Covid crisis, the WHO chief said Sunday. “We cannot simply carry on as we did before,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said as he opened the World Health Organization’s annual assembly in Geneva. WHO’s member states have begun ...

A massive drive to create awareness on low haemoglobin has been taken up by Rotary International. Rotary Club of Salt Lake Metropolitan and Rotary International District 3291 have taken up a project to screen, educate and treat women suffering from low haemoglobin. So far, 1,500 women have been screened out of which 68.5 per cent were found to be anaemic. ...