Bangladesh is battling simultaneous dengue and measles outbreaks that have strained hospitals and intensified calls for mosquito control and emergency vaccination.
Sylhet district authorities have begun raids against 14 private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centers operating without renewed licenses after receiving a request for legal action from the divisional health directorate.
Four more children died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday, raising the combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 797, health officials said.
Fire hazards, abandoned rural clinics, illegal hospital conversions and a broken oxygen plant are exposing deep failures in Bangladesh’s healthcare system, according to recent reports from several districts.
Nearly 12 percent of spice samples tested by Indian authorities failed to meet quality and safety standards, according to data obtained by Reuters.
Legal action will be taken over the deaths of six newborns at Ad-Din Medical College Hospital based on probe findings, health and family welfare minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain said Monday.
A Dhaka hospital was fined Tk 300,000, about $2,500, on Sunday as government investigators examined possible negligence and irregularities after six newborns died there within hours on May 27.
Dhaka North City Corporation said it removed 18,344 tonnes of waste in the three days after Eid-ul-Azha, including 3,553 tonnes of sacrificial animal waste collected by 6 p.m. Saturday.
Dhaka’s two city corporations failed to meet their pledge to remove sacrificial animal waste within 12 hours after Eid al-Adha, with waste still accumulating in several neighborhoods by Saturday.
Health officials investigating the deaths of six newborns at Ad-din Hospital have discovered an unauthorized bread and biscuit factory operating directly above the ward where the infants died, raising fresh concerns about safety conditions at the facility.
