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Patients admitted to government hospitals in Bangladesh have complained that meals supplied under the Tk175 daily food allocation are tasteless and may not meet nutritional needs, despite menus that include rice, lentils, vegetables, fish or meat, eggs, bread and fruit. Hanufa Akter, a pseudonym, h

Hospitals in Bangladesh used World Health Organization Watch-category antibiotics in 91% of cases, despite WHO guidance that these drugs should be used only in specific situations because excessive or irrational use can rapidly drive antimicrobial resistance, according to the country’s largest natio

Medics in Britain and France warned hospitals were struggling with the heat and a surge in emergency calls. Authorities have reported hundreds of people dead in Spain and others across Europe, including several children who died in hot cars. Some cooler air breezed over western parts, but central an