intern doctors

At government hospitals, patients face long waits at ticket counters, delays in seeing doctors, and inefficiencies in test payments and report collection. Photo: TBS
Panorama

Bangladesh's healthcare is a mess. How can the government clean it up?

As Bangladesh’s healthcare system grapples with strikes, political turmoil and demands for reform, experts warn of an escalating crisis in the sector

Chittagong Medical College Hospital
Bangladesh

CMCH intern doctors call off strike

Hundreds of students and interns from both government and private medical colleges had begun their "March for Justice" programme from the Central Shaheed Minar to High Court on 25 February. Photo: Facebook/Medical Campus
Bangladesh

Police obstruct medical students, interns' march toward High Court

Intern doctors at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) start a complete shutdown programme on Sunday, 23 February 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Intern doctors at state-run medical college hospitals announce strike over 5 demands

Intern doctors of BSMMU and private hospitals gathered at Shahbagh demanding a pay hike on 22 December 2024. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

Postgrad doctors of BSMMU, pvt hospitals lift blockade after govt's assurance on pay hike

The post graduate trainees and intern doctors staged a sit-in programme in front National Shaheed Minar on Saturday (23 March). Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Intern doctors call off nationwide strike upon health minister’s assurance

The post graduate trainees and intern doctors staged a sit-in programme in front National Shaheed Minar on Saturday (23 March). Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Protesting postgraduate trainees, intern doctors to meet health minister tomorrow

Dr Rajib Dey Sarker. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

A deep dive into the ongoing doctor’s strike and the unseen crisis of dignity

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

Postgraduate trainees, interns go for strike over pay hike

The post graduate trainees and intern doctors staged a sit-in programme in front National Shaheed Minar on Saturday (23 March). Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Post graduate trainees, intern doctors stage sit-in for wage hike, arrears

Interns' strike over committee posts disrupts medical services at SBMCH
Bangladesh

Interns' strike over committee posts disrupts medical services at SBMCH

Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College
Bangladesh

Assault on interns: Osmani hospital doctors call off strike

Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College
Bangladesh

Assault on interns: Osmani hospital doctors to continue strike until action by authorities