Arun Bikash Dey

After a teacher of Chittagong University caught a fever with a mild cough, she was rightly concerned, and went to Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) for Covid-19 test last Wednesday.

Srijon Roy, a resident of Chattogram’s Jamal Khan Road, was in a rush to deliver some emergency medicine to his ailing mother on Tuesday. This meant he would have to scour for vehicles amid the transport shutdown, to reach his village home in Hathazari’s Nandir Hat.

A 10-month-old-baby, who was tested Covid-19 positive on April 21, is getting better at Chattogram General Hospital (CGH).

The private clinic owners’ association of Chattogram was supposed to open a 100-bed hospital only for Covid-19 patients in port city on April 25 but it is now uncertain from when the hospital will begin its operations.

Covid-19 positive patients in Chattogram in critical conditions are going to get ICU support from today, as a 10-bed ICU is all set to open at Chattogram General Hospital (CGH). The hospital received 10 ventilators and the same number of ICU beds from the government on April 7.

Two new laboratories are going to open in Chattogram by next week for testing Covid-19 samples, aiming to increase the testing capacity to 350 from the present capacity of around 150 a day.

With two new hospitals set to start treating covid-19 patients this month, a total of 160 new isolation beds will be added to the existing 150 beds in Chattogram for treating coronavirus positive patients.

The doctors and nurses at the Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) in Chattogram have been resilient in discharging their duties in the Covid-19 isolation ward, although they are having to manage their own as there is no support from the hospital authorities.

Even though social distancing is one of the best tools we have to avoid being exposed to coronavirus and slowing its spread locally and across the country, many in Chattogram are not following this important practice.

A shortage of testing kit components is threatening to impede Covid-19 testing in Chattogram from today.

As summer approaches, mosquitoes are becoming quite the headache for port city dwellers.

A sense of apprehension has gripped doctors and healthcare providers in Chattogram, after the first coronavirus patient of the port city potentially infected his medical attendants at a private hospital by excluding vital information from his contact history.

With the number of samples increasing everyday for testing Covid-19 in Chattogram, the lone laboratory of Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) is struggling to cope with the demand.

An allegation has been raised against some healthcare providers at Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) -- the only organisation in Chattogram authorised to test for coronavirus -- over demanding money for conducting the test.

A group of citizens in Chattogram have come forward to he aid of stray animals, who have been scrounging for food in the deserted streets of the city.

The government has decided to set up an intensive care unit (ICU) at only one hospital among three dedicated to treat Covid-19 patients in Chattogram.

A number of doctors in Chattogram are offering treatment to patients remotely, as they are not attending private practice amidst countrywide shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Asad Haider, a resident of port city’s Rahattar Pool area, has been suffering from peptic ulcer for a long time. He was prescribed medicines for three months. One of the medicine he has to take is Sergel (Esomeprazole 20mg).

Asad Haider, a resident in the port city’s Rahattar Pool area, has been suffering from peptic ulcer for a long time. He was prescribed medicines for three months. One of the medicines he has to take is Sergel (Esomeprazole 20mg).

For the last one week, Rumpa Saha, who has been suffering from waist pain, is trying to get appointment of a prominent nephrologist in port city.