medical devices

Cardiac Implants For Children: Top hospitals using unauthorised devices

Unauthorised companies are smuggling a number of cardiac medical devices into the country and selling those to some of Dhaka’s top public and private hospitals without proper vetting, raising questions about health regulations and patient safety.

More transparency needed in medical device import

The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection will work to bring “more transparency” in the country’s medical device import sector, especially devices related to cardiac, Director General AHM Shafiquzzaman of the directorate said yesterday.

Cardiac Treatment: Patients hit hard by costly stents

Mohiuddin Ahmed was extremely anxious. And it was just not because his 68-year-old father was undergoing a cardiac stent implantation surgery.

September 30, 2023
September 30, 2023

Cardiac Implants For Children: Top hospitals using unauthorised devices

Unauthorised companies are smuggling a number of cardiac medical devices into the country and selling those to some of Dhaka’s top public and private hospitals without proper vetting, raising questions about health regulations and patient safety.

August 7, 2023
August 7, 2023

More transparency needed in medical device import

The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection will work to bring “more transparency” in the country’s medical device import sector, especially devices related to cardiac, Director General AHM Shafiquzzaman of the directorate said yesterday.

May 6, 2023
May 6, 2023

Cardiac Treatment: Patients hit hard by costly stents

Mohiuddin Ahmed was extremely anxious. And it was just not because his 68-year-old father was undergoing a cardiac stent implantation surgery.