Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 27 Jun 2021 02:52 PM BdST Updated: 27 Jun 2021 02:52 PM BdST Bangladesh is using the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India in the inoculation campaign. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
As many as 93 percent of the recipients of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at Dhaka Medical College have been found carrying antibodies against the coronavirus, the college says. ); }
The results were found among teachers, students and staff of the college who received two shots of the vaccine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital said at an event on Sunday.
The Microbiology Department of Dhaka Medical College conducted a study on 308 people who received the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. Led by Prof SM Shamsuzzaman, the study was conducted over five months.
Holding a placard inscribed with I am a volunteer. How can I help you? Sagarika was waiting at the entrance of Dhaka Medical College Hospital s Covid-19 unit. As soon as an ambulance arrived, she rushed towards it, helping the patient get off from the vehicle.
As the patient got down, she helped the wheelchair-bound patient get to the Covid-19 unit, while providing necessary instructions to family members.
Sagarika is one of 15 members of a group of volunteers serving patients at DMCH, 10 of whom, including Sagarika, are from the transgender community.
Clad in orange jackets, the volunteers have been an ever-present sight at the hospital since April 14, the first day of the current phase of the lockdown.
Obaidur Masum, Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 29 Apr 2021 03:02 AM BdST Updated: 29 Apr 2021 03:59 AM BdST ‘Surma’ breaks into tears after the death of her brother Babul from COVID-19 at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Apr 27, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Two patients wait to be admitted to the DNCC COVID-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The pressure on the hospitals treating coronavirus patients in Dhaka has slightly eased as the lockdown measures appear to have tamed the second wave of infections to some extent. ); }
The number of patients occupying general beds in the hospitals dropped below 2,500 after rising to as high as 3,795 on Apr 15.
Fire at DMCH: 3 Covid patients die while being evacuated
Three patients died while they were being evacuated after a fire broke out at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) dedicated for Covid-19 patients at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday morning.
The deceased are PDB Engineer Kazi Golam Mostafa, 66, from Chandpur, Kishore Chandra Roy,70, of Tangail and madrasa teacher Abdullah Al Mahmud, 48, of Manikganj. All of them were on life support.
All the patients were transferred from the ICU after the fire broke out. But the three patients who were on life support died while undergoing treatment at the CCU later, DMCH Director Brig Gen Nazmul Haque said.