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The government has extended the contract-based appointment of Professor Dr. Nazmul Hossain, Director General (DG) of the Health Education Directorate, by one more year.
State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. M A Muht said the government views the rights and services of persons with disabilities not as charity, but as constitutional and civil rights. Work is underway with a coordinated action plan of different ministries under the Inter-Ministerial Coordination and Implementation Committee on Disability Rights and Service Protection to ensure that every person with disabilities can enjoy equal rights like all other ordinary citizens.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain and Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Mohammad Shuhada Othman have stressed the need to further strengthen mutual cooperation in the health sector between Bangladesh and Malaysia.
Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has announced that 5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be spent on the health sector. He said this at a doctors' rally organized on the occasion of the 37th founding anniversary of the Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) at the LD Hall of the National Parliament on Saturday (August 8).
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said that if doctors do not have a service mentality, the quality of healthcare can never be improved. He made this remark at a doctors' rally held on the occasion of the 37th founding anniversary of the Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) on Saturday afternoon.
The government is committed to ensuring quality healthcare for every citizen of the country, said State Minister for Health Dr. M. A. Muhit.
The government has withdrawn its decision to cancel the license of Ad-Din Hospital in the capital's Big Maghbazar. Considering the investigation committee's report satisfactory, the hospital has been allowed to resume operations under three conditions.
During the monsoon, continuous rain, waterlogging, and contamination of food and water significantly increase the risk of typhoid. Many people initially mistake it for a common fever and neglect it. However, if not treated in time, typhoid can cause serious complications.
Stating that every citizen of the country has the right to healthcare, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain said no one will be deprived of healthcare. To ensure the health care of the people and to detect fatal diseases at an early stage, the government will start a 'Home-to-Home Health Screening' program across the country.
Health Deputy Minister and international public health and eye specialist Dr. M A Muhit has said that Bangladesh is going to reach a unique leadership position in the field of global eye healthcare. Bangladesh has agreed to work as a co-organizer of the 'Global Summit on Eye Health', which will be held for the first time in the world, which will highlight the country's health sector reforms on the global stage.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Sakawat Hossain said that a doctor's sincerity and smiling conversation can make a patient half healthy. Therefore, he urged doctors to ensure humane behavior towards patients in addition to prescribing medicine.
To further expand healthcare services for rural people, the government has approved upgrading the existing 418 upazila health complexes to 101 beds, as well as establishing new 101-bed upazila health complexes in 13 new upazilas.
Allegations have surfaced that the severed leg of a person killed in a road accident has gone missing from the Kushtia 250-bed General Hospital. The incident has sparked anger and concern among the victim's relatives.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain has directed all private clinics and hospitals in the country to mandatorily set up labor rooms (delivery rooms) for normal deliveries. He also said that hiring trained midwives for normal delivery services will be made mandatory.
Dengue infections are increasing at an alarming rate globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the spread of the disease has increased dramatically in recent decades and reached its highest level in history in 2024.
