A dearth of ICU (intensive care unit) beds at public hospitals has prompted critical Covid-19 patients to move to private hospitals. But such private healthcare centres are reported to overcharge patients in the absence of any price cap by the regulator. A lack of affordable ICU beds, in some cas

The number of coronavirus-infected healthcare professionals keeps rising, posing a challenge to the handling of a growing number of COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh, insiders in the public service said. With the number of confirmed cases among doctors, nurses and others growing alarmingly, the me