Online Desk : The two-drug combination that initially yielded encouraging results while applied on COVID-19 patients by a senior doctor of Bangladesh Medical College Hospital (BMCH), now awaits clinical trial. Doctors at…
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Treating COVID-19 patients : Bangladesh doctor’s success inspires Indian doctors
Online Desk ; Doctors across India have become highly encouraged knowing that a Bangladeshi doctor’s application of two-drug combination has cured coronavirus infected patients in just four days. Professor Tarek Alam, Head…
Eskayef starts supplying Remdesivir to hospitals
Online Desk ; Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd, one of the country’s leading medicine manufacturing companies, has been given approval to begin marketing of its manufactured drug Remdesivir, which is proven to be the…
Army gives free medical treatment to 150 Bagerhat people
Online Desk : Bangladesh Army has provided free medical treatment to 150 poor people at Rampal upazila in Bagerhat district as part of their continuous efforts to fight against coronavirus. 28 Infantry…
2,000 doctors given postings to corona hospitals; Joining May 12
Online Desk : The temporarily recruited 2,000 physicians for fighting against coronavirus outbreak have been given postings. Giving their postings, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) issued an order on Sunday….
2 more MLS at Haluaghat Health Complex tested corona positive
Online desk : Two more MLS (ward boy) of Haluaghat Upazila Health Complex in Mymensingh district has contracted coronavirus infection. With them, five persons including two medical officers have been infected with…
Bangladesh’s Eskayef starts producing coronavirus drug Remdesivir
Online Desk : Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Limited, a drug manufacturing company of local Transcom Group, has produced coronavirus drug Remdesivir. The company, also known as SK+F, has produced the drug under the brand…
Bangladesh likely to start use of Remdesivir by May 20
Online Desk : Bangladesh is likely to start the use of Remdesivir for the treatment of coronavirus infected patients by May 20, said Director General of Drug Administration Major General Md Mahbubur…
Goshairhat Upazila Health Complex under lockdown
Online desk : Goshairhat Upazila Health Complex in Shariatpur district has been put on lockdown by the health department and local administration. Besides, 110 staff of the health complex including 10 doctors…
10 of a family test virus positive in B’baria
Online Desk : Ten members of a single family have contracted with coronavirus in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, raising the number of cases to 16 in the upazila. Nabinagar Upazila Health Complex…
142 people infected with corona in Khulna div
Online desk : A total of 142 coronavirus infected patients were detected from 2,569 samples till 12noon on Saturday in Khulna division, Assistant Director (Health) of Khulna division Dr Ferdousi Akther confirmed….
Drug Admn gives permission to Gonoshasthya Kendra to test its kits
Online Desk : The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has accorded permission to Gonoshasthya Kendra to test its kits to determine coronavirus infected patients. The DGDA informed the Ganashasthya Kendra about…