According to the DGHS, 1,042 of the new patients were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it. A total of 9,733 dengue patients, including 4,335 in the capital, are now undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country. So far this year, the DGHS has recorded 85,411 dengue cases and 75,280 recoveries.
“We still have a lot of vacancies. Besides this, patients can also get admitted and treated in our medical colleges,” said Shahadat Hussain.The death toll from the dengue outbreak across the country has crossed 350 since January this year.Twelve more deaths were reported in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning, taking the death toll from […]
In a regular bulletin, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said the capital city recorded seven deaths due to the mosquito-borne viral disease on Wednesday, while the remaining five deaths occurred in different districts. During this period, a total of 2,844 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals – 1,146 in Dhaka and 1,722 in […]
According to the DGHS, 1,119 of the new patients were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it. A total of 9,572 dengue patients, including 4,652 in the capital, are now undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country. So far this year, the DGHS has registered 69,483 dengue cases and 59,584 recoveries.
Besides, 2,764 people were admitted to hospitals due to mosquito-borne viral fever during this period, according to a DGHS release. A total of 1,078 patients have been admitted to hospitals in Dhaka in the last 24 hours, while 1,686 patients have been admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka city.
The BSMMU authority has opened a dengue ward on the second floor of F block of the hospital. On Thursday, when I went to the ward, I saw that almost all the patients had cannulas for veins in their hands. Speaking in this regard, Professor Salahuddin Shah, Head of the Department of Hematology, BSMMU, said, […]
There is no substitute for breastfeeding for a child’s intellectual and physical development, prevention of malnutrition and development of the immune system. There are rules to exclusively breastfeed children under 6 months of age, yet breastfeeding has declined significantly in the country. According to the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2022, breastfeeding in the […]
Government hospitals in Rangamati, Bandarban, Khagrachhari, Barguna, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Chapainwabganj, Panchgarh, Natore, Magura, Jhenaidah, Bhola, Nilphmari, Thakurgaon, Kurigram, Jamalpur, Jhalakathi, Pirojpur, Shariatpur, Netrokona, Chuadanga have ICU beds. and Sunamganj. Moreover, though the hospitals in Bagerhat and Madaripur have ICU facilities, these are not functioning. In response to a question about what they do when an […]
There can be only one logic behind this, wastage of government resources. No one is accountable for public money. This has been the practice with every new and old government. After creating 21 trauma centers under the rule of two governments, DGHS director (hospitals and clinics) Sheikh Daud Adnan now told Prothom Alo, trauma centers […]
Dengue: Five more patients admitted to hospital
Five new COVID-19 cases reported in 24 hours
Dr Mirzadi Sabrina Flora, who emerged as the public face of Bangladesh’s COVID-19 response in the early days of the pandemic, has been transferred to the National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine as director. She was an Additional Director General of Planning and Development in the Directorate General of Health Services. The Ministry of […]
