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FILE PHOTO: A medical worker of the Bakirkoy District Health Directorate wearing a protective suit takes a swab sample from Mustafa Unlu during an antibody testing program following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Surge in Turkish Covid cases pits doctors against politicians

More than 1,600 new cases and 60 deaths from Covid-19 are now reported daily, well off peak levels in April but rising steadily, with average numbers of deaths now three times the rates recorded...

Dr Md Obaidur Rahman. Photo: Courtesy
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Another doctor dies from Covid-19

Dr Kumar Gaurav, 42, a medical professor and consultant psychiatrist who has been named the top official at Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, despite being one of its most junior consultants, is helped by a colleague to put on personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for Covid-19 patients at Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India, July 26, 2020. "If I stand in front of a Covid patient for two minutes, and I see 20 patients, I have exposure for 40 minutes," Gaurav says. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Coronavirus chronicle

Last doctor standing - Pandemic pushes Indian hospital to brink

So far 73 doctors die of Covid-19 in Bangladesh
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

So far 73 doctors die of Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Doctors demand withdrawal of health ministry’s ‘unscientific’ directive
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Doctors demand withdrawal of health ministry’s ‘unscientific’ directive

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Health

Cancellation of hotel accommodation frustrates doctors

Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH). Photo: UNB
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Doctors’ crisis hits SBMCH amid Covid-19

A doctor and a nurse on their duty in the ICU. File Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

‘As if watching me were a sin’

Kerala became India’s first state to report the outbreak and has the highest number of positive patients till now. But, it managed to completely comply with the mitigation process and ensured maximum efficiency to save lives. Photo: Reuters
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2 of 3 ‘doctors’ in rural India have no formal medical degrees: Study

Coronavirus infected doctors to be treated at the corona unit of BSMMU
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Coronavirus infected doctors to be treated at the corona unit of BSMMU

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

5 Bangladeshi doctors died of coronavirus in Saudi Arabia

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Health

DGHS dedicates hospital for doctors, health workers following ultimatum

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Health

Docs blame health ministry for spread of infection among health workers