The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted market authorisation to Takeda Biopharmaceuticals India's QDENGA (TAK-003), making it the first dengue vaccine to be approved in the country, according to a press release issued by the company. The vaccine, which may become commercially...
A seven-year-old girl from Bangladesh, born without her outer ears, ear canals and eardrums, has undergone a specialised bone conduction implant procedure at a private hospital in Kolkata that is expected to enable her to hear. The procedure was carried out at CMRI CK Birla Hospital, where...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain Bakul on Sunday inaugurated the nationwide Vitamin A Plus Campaign by administering Vitamin A capsules to children at the Shaheed Abu Sayeed Convention Hall of Bangladesh Medical University in the capital. Speaking at the inauguration,...
Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain on Thursday said Ad-Din Hospital authorities were responsible for the deaths of six newborns in the hospital's post-operative ward, adding that legal action would be taken against the institution. Speaking at a press conference at the Secretariat, he said...
The investigation committee formed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare into the deaths of six newborns at Ad-din Medical College Hospital has submitted its report to the Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain. The development was confirmed on Wednesday (03 June) by...
The investigation committee formed over the death of six newborns at Ad-din Hospital in the capital has not yet submitted its report, Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain said on Saturday (30 May), adding that the full report will now be presented on 3 June. He made the remarks while speaking...
