Doctor

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Thoughts

Protect doctors, not attack them

The incidents of violence at institutions like DMCH and SBMCH expose deeper systemic issues in Bangladesh's healthcare sector that require immediate, multi-sectoral interventions

Medics sit and chant slogans as they attend a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital, in Kolkata, India, September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary/ File Photo
South Asia

Striking Indian doctors set to resume essential services

The couple was held from Savar on Saturday afternoon. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Doctor, wife detained for 'torturing' minor house help in Savar

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South Asia

Global kidney transplant racket: Delhi Police collects documents from Noida CMO’s office

Government policy prohibits the sale of antibiotics without a prescription and the legal requirement is for staff in drug shops to have a minimum Grade C (certificate) pharmacist qualification. Photo: TBS
Panorama

What the rise in self-medication tells us about the country’s healthcare system

Md Ebadullah, a physician and freedom fighter from Kadakati village in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira, has been offering medical services to his community, particularly the disadvantaged, for over four decades for a fee of only Tk10. Photo: Anushka Banerjee.
Bangladesh

Satkhira’s Dr Ebadullah: A beacon of compassion and care

Chattogram Civil Surgeon Dr Mohammed Elias Chowdhury paid a visit to the injured doctor before he was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Sunday (14 April). Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Ctg doctor in ICU after attack by relatives of dead child

Dr Korban Ali. Photo: Collected
Crime

Dentist who tried to save son from youth gang assault dies

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sketch: TBS
Bangladesh

Devote more time to medical research: PM urges doctors

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Bangladesh

DAB condemns transfer of 10 doctors for 'political reasons'

Representational image. Photo: Collected.
Health

Labaid doctor's registration suspended over death by negligence

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Bangladesh

Rajshahi gynaecologist detained over alleged financial ties to Jamaat

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Health

Eminent medicine specialist Dr Ridwanur Rahman dies