Latest Chattogram Medical College Hospital News & Updates

Dhaka, April 1 (IANS) As the measles outbreak triggers public health concerns across Bangladesh, as many as four children have died from suspected cases and related complications in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 44 this year, local media reported on Wednesday.According to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) spokesman Shankar K. Biswas, two children died of suspected measles in the last 24 hours, raising the hospital’s tally of fatalities from the highly contagious infection …

Dhaka, March 30 (IANS) At least six new patients with measles symptoms were admitted to Bangladesh’s Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), bringing the total number of patients in the paediatric ward to 18 on Monday, local media reported. Muhammad Musa, head of the Paediatric Department at CMCH, said that all patients have been placed in isolation.Reports suggest that as measles spreads in Dhaka and several other districts, as many as 38 children have died of the infectious disease and i…