Tawsia Tajmim

Tawsia Tajmim is a Staff Correspondent at The Business Standard. She specialises in health reporting. She can be reached at tawsia.tasu@gmail.com
 

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Health

Mental health problems on the rise amid limited treatment access

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Health

Private hospitals gear up for robotic surgery revolution

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Health

Dengue outbreak could turn severe in Oct: Experts

Vaxitet vaccine, produced by Incepta Pharma. Photo: Collected/inceptavaccine.com
Industry

Incepta's rise as vaccine powerhouse

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Bangladesh

Social security for old people: Experts seek updating of existing national policy for the elderly

A child concentrates on drawing during a class at the National Academy for Autism and Neuro‑Developmental Disabilities (NAAND), capturing a moment of creativity at Bangladesh’s only government‑run secondary school for special needs children, now facing closure. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Will the only govt-run secondary school for special-needs children vanish?

This file image shows a person undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit of a hospital. Photo: TBS
Health

Covid-era ICU investments lie idle as public hospitals face critical staff shortage

Another 500 beds added to Neurosciences Hospital, inauguration soon
Health

Another 500 beds added to Neurosciences Hospital, inauguration soon

Up to 15 June this year, a total of 5,988 people have been hospitalised with dengue and 30 have died. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Health

Country battles dual threat of dengue, chikungunya as fever cases surge

Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). File Photo: Collected
Health

Plan to cut doctors at DMCH's Shishu Bikash Kendra may hurt special-need children’s treatment

In Bangladesh, 69% of the total health expenditure in the country is paid out-of-pocket by patients. A large chunk of that goes into paying for medication. Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh

1,000 drug registrations stuck as Bangladesh risks losing TRIPS waiver

Govt considers closing substandard medical colleges to secure public health future
Health

Govt considers closing substandard medical colleges to secure public health future

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Health

Government plans local production of antivenom