Tag: Directorate General of Health Services
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DSCC accuses DGHS of providing incorrect dengue data, demands transparency
The letter further states that the corporation intensifies mosquito abatement programme within 300 yards of any patient's house based on the information provided by the DGHS control room. Also, the DSCC conducts search operations in that area. However, on analysing the list from the DGHS control room, the corporation has found many discrepancies. Hence, the…
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Dengue situation is likely to worsen this year
Mirzadi Sabrina said in her paper that the health department has already taken several initiatives to deal with the dengue situation. These steps include increasing surveillance, building capacity of health workers, updating dengue disease management guidelines, reviewing deaths and fixing dengue testing fees. The National Strategic Plan (2024-2030) for dengue prevention and control was to…
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42% teacher vacancy crisis in medical colleges: impact on students and healthcare
Cox’s Bazar Medical College does not have any hospital of its own. Students have to go to District Sadar Hospital twice a day for clinical classes in the morning and evening. For this, students have to spend four hours every day on the roads. This has been going on for the last 12 years. The…
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WHO’s 50-year journey: Impact on the health sector of Bangladesh
MD Abul Foyez, former director general of the Directorate General of Health Services and former dean of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, affiliated with WHO in 1981. He has so far visited WHO headquarters 52 times at different times for various works. He has experience of working as an advisor and consultant on several committees of…
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Dengue: Don’t blame people, take responsibility for your failure
From the beginning of the year, entomologists had warned that the dengue outbreak was going to be serious this year. Pre-monsoon surveys by DGHS revealed prevalence of Aedes mosquito in almost every area of Dhaka city. Nobody paid attention to that warning. Dhaka is the most densely populated city in the world as well as…
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Dengue: 17 more deaths on Monday
Dengue: 17 more deaths on Monday
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Dengue: Average 12 deaths per day in October
Historical data shows that dengue deaths usually decline in October, but this time the scenario is quite different and there is no sign of relief. A total of 49,584 dengue patients have been hospitalized in the current month, resulting in an average daily hospitalization number of 2,361. Still, health officials have no specific explanation for…
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20 more people died due to dengue, 1889 new cases in 24 hours
20 more people died due to dengue, 1889 new cases in 24 hours
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Eight more people died due to dengue, 2,350 people hospitalized
Additionally, according to the Health Directorate, a total of 2,350 people – 504 in Dhaka and 1,905 in the districts – have been hospitalized due to mosquito-borne viral fever during the 24-hour period. Of the fresh deaths, seven were recorded in the capital city, while the remaining one was reported from outside.
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Dengue: Twelve more dead, 2475 hospitalized
Twelve more people died due to dengue in the last 24 hours till 8 am on Monday, taking the death toll this year to 1,181. Moreover, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), a total of 2475 people – 539 in Dhaka and 1936 in the districts – have been hospitalized due to…
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Dengue deaths are continuously increasing in Bangladesh
Additionally, a total of 2,555 people suffering from mosquito-borne viral fever have been hospitalized during this period, according to the Directorate General of Health (DGHS). Nine of the new deaths were reported from Dhaka, while the remaining four were from outside the capital. So far in the current year, a total of 228,779 people have…
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75 people died due to dengue fever in the first six days of October
Nine people died due to dengue in the last 24 hours till 8 am on Friday, taking the death toll to 1,064. The new deaths took the death toll to 75 in the first six days of the current month. Additionally, a total of 1,800 people suffering from mosquito-borne viral fever have been hospitalized during…
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Dengue killed 16 more people in 24 hours
Dengue killed 16 more people in 24 hours
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Dengue death toll in Bangladesh crosses 1000
Dengue death toll in Bangladesh crosses 1000
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Dengue death toll in Bangladesh exceeds 1,000
Apart from this, a total of 2,882 people have been admitted to hospitals during this period. So far this year, 206,288 people – 83,851 in Dhaka and 122,437 in the districts – have been hospitalized with dengue. It is a matter of concern that dengue has now spread to almost all the districts across the…