On Friday, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Additional Director General (Administration) Professor MD Zahid Raihan told Prothom Alo that the investigation report would be submitted on Saturday. The minister said, “The mothers of the children are at different places. Their views will be heard and those cases will be included in the investigation.” He […]
Professor Mahmudur Rahman, Chairman of the National Verification Committee for Measles and Rubella Elimination (NVC) and former Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), was also present at the meeting. The NVC evaluates the country’s progress towards measles and rubella elimination, informs the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Commission and advises […]
Of this, 43.94 billion taka was spent on vaccines, 308.8 million taka on syringes and an additional 195.7 million taka was spent on distributing vaccines and syringes in different areas of the country. The cost of shipping the syringes alone was Tk 9.98 million. The minister further said that so far, no complaints of irregularities […]
The minister launched the campaign from Nawabganj. The event moderated by Nawabganj Upazila Health and Family Welfare Officer Sakhawat Hossain was also addressed by UNICEF Bangladesh representative Rana Flowers, Ahmed Jamshed Hasan, Director General of Health Services Prabhat Chandra Choudhary and others. In the program, the Health Minister said that due to delay of several […]
The 30 upazilas targeted for the first phase are – Godagari in Rajshahi, Nawabganj in Dhaka, Lauhjung, Sadar and Srinagar upazilas in Munshiganj, Nalcathi in Jhalokathi, Trishal, Sadar and Phulbaria upazilas in Mymensingh, Hamchar and Sadar upazilas of Chandpur, Mehdiganj and Bakerganj upazilas of Barishal, Ishwari, Sadar, Atgharia and Bera. Upazila of Pabna, Porsha of […]
At the briefing the minister said the vaccines and syringes would be collected and distributed across the country between Thursday and Friday. He said that to ensure smooth implementation of the campaign, leave of all health workers at the field level has been cancelled. Addressing the preparedness, the minister said adequate ventilator support is available […]
At the opening ceremony of the International Pharmaceutical Industry Fair at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center last Sunday, Health Minister Sardar Sakhawat Hossain said in response to questions from journalists, “Measles vaccines were administered eight years ago, and none have been given since then.” The context of the minister’s statement was the recent rise in […]
“Only the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) has the right to report about wrong treatment, neither you nor I have any right to report about wrong treatment,” the minister said. Referring to the caliber of doctors in Bangladesh, Sen said, “I believe wholeheartedly that the talent and skills of our doctors are no less […]
Kaliganj Upazila Health Officer Bulbul Kabir told Prothom Alo that hospitals occasionally receive stroke patients, though not that often. They refer patients with serious health conditions to Satkhira Medical College Hospital. There is talk that cases of hypertension, heart disease and stroke are increasing among the residents of Khulna area, especially in Khulna, Bagerhat and […]
Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Rokeya Sultana urged physicians to achieve professional excellence as medical science is continuously progressing. “Physicians should be involved in research work to increase their professional efficiency,” he said. Professor Mohammad Badrul Alam, President of Neurologist Society of Bangladesh, presided over the conference where […]
The Health Minister said, “So far 46 casualties have been reported.” About 10 of the injured were admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit. People trapped in the building died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide cannot escape from the confined space. As a result, people trapped in that space inhale […]