DHAKA, July 2, (V7N): Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain directed all hospitals across the country to retain dengue patients under clinical care until they achieve full recovery, explicitly cautioning against premature discharges even after a patient's fever has subsided.
The Minister delivered the directive during an equipment handover ceremony at Dhaka Medical College (DMC), where state-of-the-art microscopes and laboratory diagnostics were delivered to the Department of Pathology. Highlighting critical vulnerabilities in dengue clinical management, Husain noted that plasma leakage remains the primary cause of patient fatalities. To counter this, a specialized medical board has engineered a daily, real-time treatment protocol that is being pushed directly to all practicing physicians via automated mobile notifications and centralized portals.
The health ministry is also deploying targeted anti-larval measures to suppress vector populations. The government has approved the bulk procurement of specialized medical tablets designed to be placed directly into localized stagnant water sources, such as discarded tires and coconut shells, to eliminate Aedes mosquito larvae rapidly.
Addressing infrastructural needs, the Health Minister stated that comprehensive reforms are underway to modernize the national medical curriculum to match global advanced healthcare frameworks. He noted that key diagnostic institutions like DMC's Department of Pathology—the bedrock of clinical analysis—had previously suffered from long-term administrative neglect, operating without funding or functioning equipment since a government microscope broke down three years ago. The newly deployed state-of-the-art models are equipped to enable rapid cancer screenings and multi-layered blood diagnostics in a single clinical session.
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