Bangladesh needs a comprehensive medical waste disposal mechanism

The High Court directs the authorities concerned of the government to submit a report on the progress of displaying the chart of charges of private clinics, hospitals and diagnostic centres in public view before this court by January 15.

There are irregularities in the operations of privately-run Max Hospital in Chittagong city, a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) probe has found.

Private hospitals and diagnostic centres have turned into “excessive profit-seeking businesses” due to a lack of government monitoring, says a new Transparency International Bangladesh study.

The hospital walls are plastered with photos of the late philanthropic founder of the hospital. Has his dream and vision come true? The hospital has clearly degenerated into a commercial proposition.

The recent physicians' strike at private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres of Chittagong, in protest of cases filed against their colleagues for medical negligence...

A report published in this newspaper yesterday reveals an alarmingly high number of caesarean deliveries performed in private hospitals.