Acknowledging the current strain on the reference system is the first step.

An informed public health professional will argue that public health is half medical and half data. Without data, any health system is effectively blind. Data provides visibility into public health emergencies and non-emergencies alike. It saves lives. It tells us where the government needs to pour its funds and which areas to mobilise resources in. It helps identify gaps in healthcare and measure outcomes. Indeed, data is the eyes and ears of public health.

Interns at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital go on an indefinite strike, causing immense sufferings to the patients.

Patients at Rangpur Medical College Hospital continue to suffer for the second consecutive day today as interns are observing an indefinite strike protesting mugging incidents on the campus.

Thousands of commuters suffered long delays yesterday as they had to endure gridlocks on different city roads due to a grand rally of the ruling Awami League at the Suhrawardy Udyan.

The first clinical trial injecting foetal stem cells into babies still in the womb has been announced.

A blood test can more than halve the number of people admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack, say doctors.