Trial to go on against 3 fugitive Rid men
May 26, 2010
A Dhaka court in its order on Wednesday said the trial of three Rid Pharmaceuticals officials charged with manufacturing adulterated paracetamol syrup will continue in their absence as they failed to appear before it within the timeline.
Judge Mohammad Abdul Majid of the Drug Court passed the order as the accused — director Abdul Goni and pharmacists Mahbubul Islam and Enamul Haque — did not comply with its order for appearing before court.
Patuakhali health care in awfully poor health
April 24, 2010
Amid acute shortage of manpower and accommodation, hospitals and health complexes in Patuakhali district are struggling to provide medical service for about 17 lakh people in seven upazilas.
A staggering 142 of the 183 posts of doctors are lying vacant in the district.
Organised gang steals drugs, sells in market
April 8, 2010
An orgainsed gang in collaboration with some employees steals costly medicines from Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) and sells them to different private clinics, medicine shops and rural medical practitioners.
Kotwali police sources said 12 people were caught red-handed in the last three months while stealing medicines from RMCH.
Scientists find aging gene is linked to immunity
April 4, 2010
British scientists studying the genetics of aging said on Thursday that experiments on laboratory worms showed that a specific gene is strongly linked to lifespan, immunity and disease resistance.
Since the gene, called DAF-16 in worms, is found in many animals and in humans, the finding could open up new ways to affect aging, immunity and resistance in humans, the scientists said.
PM says govt working on ‘health services for all’
March 6, 2010
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government is working to reach the health services to the doorsteps of all people across the country.
Meanwhile, 6.82 lakh people in 400 upazilas have received health services through the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust. People in rural areas are now getting health services sitting at their houses as per the pledges of the grand alliance government, she said.
Pharma companies brace for new phase
February 13, 2010
Bangladeshi pharmaceutical companies should prepare to maintain growth in local sales and exports and remain competitive in the post-2016 period, when patents will be imposed on all generic drugs, analysts suggest.
Upgrading product quality is one area the companies should focus on, they said. Other suggestions include capacity building in research and engineering and the setting-up of an active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) park to help local companies face the challenge.
40,000 die of kidney failure a year
February 7, 2010
Experts at a seminar yesterday termed chronic kidney disease as a major public health concern in the country as its 90 percent people are unable to bear treatment cost.
About two crore people are somehow suffering from the disease, while 40,000 die of longtime kidney failure a year in the country, they told a seminar in the city.
PM inaugurates immunisation campaign
January 9, 2010
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the people’s representatives, opinion leaders, health workers, volunteers, mothers and guardians of all children aged up to five years to bring each of the kids to immunization centres to have polio vaccines.
“You all have to be cautious so that no child remains out of immunization as we want to make Bangladesh a polio free country,” she said.
Rid boss shown arrested in B’baria case
October 27, 2009
Managing Director of the Rid Pharma Limited Md Mizanur Rahman was shown arrested in a case filed in Brahmanbaria for manufacturing toxic Paracitamal syrup that claimed the lives of at least 28 children across the country.
District and Sessions Judge’s Court in Brahmanbaria also ordered attachment of the property of three other accused — Rid Pharma director Md Abdul Guni and pharmacists Md Mahbubul Islam and Md Anamul Haque — in the case.
Swine flu cases may rise in Nov-Dec
October 4, 2009
Swine flu cases are likely to increase in the upcoming months of November and December, epidemiologists of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said today.