Seven people were burned dead and another was injured after the gas cylinder of a microbus exploded on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Maligram in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on Saturday (June 24, 2023). The deceased included three women, two men and two children but their identities could not be known yet. A fire broke out in the microbus as its gas cylinder went off around 11 am, leaving five people dead on the spot and three others injured, said Tayumul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police. Read more: Couple who suffered burns in fire from ‘gas line leak’ in Dhaka's Tejgaon dies Two passengers succumbed to their injuries at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical College (BSMMC) Hospital, said Md Shahjahan, superintendent of the district police.   Injured microbus driver Mridul Malo, a resident of Sadar upazila, has been undergoing treatment at BSMMC hospital.   Read more: Wari fire death toll rises to 2 The bodies were kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy, he said, adding that the deceased hailed from Boalmari upazila of the district. Deputy Commissioner Kamrul Ahsan Talukder said they have already formed a five-member probe committee to look into the matter and asked to submit its report within next two days. He said Tk 20,000 was given for burial to the families of each deceased and Tk 10,000 for treatment of the injured driver. Read more: https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/man-injured-in-narayanganj-tv-blast-dies/117252

Three more Covid patients died at Bangabandhu  Sheikh Mujib Medical College (BSMMC) Hospital in district in  24 hrs until Monday morning, health officials said. Among the deceased, two died of Covid and remaining one died after showing symptoms. With the latest figures, the number of fatalities in the district rose to 516. Read: Covid-19: Bangladesh logs 51 more deaths, 1871 cases in past 24 hours Meanwhile, 61 more people were found positive for Covid-19 after testing 260 samples in the last 24 hrs. The positivity rate now stands at 23.84% which was below 20% for a week, according to the district civil surgeon’s office. BSMMC  Director  Md Saifur Rahman said 10 more Covid patients got admitted to the hospital during the period. Currently, 59 patients are undergoing treatment at the hospital and among them 11 are in the ICU. Read: No room to defy Covid norms at schools, colleges: Dipu Moni Health officials said this situation may worsen further  if the health safety measures are not followed properly. Bangladesh logged 51 more Covid-19 deaths and 1,871 cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case positivity rate increased a bit to 7.46% from 7.03 % on Saturday .

Authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College (BSMMC) hospital in Faridpur have been struggling with the increasing number of patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The number of doctors assigned for the unit is far from enough and no new recruitment has been made since the ICU was established in 2016, hospital authorities said. Visiting the hospital, the UNB correspondent found all the first-class posts for the 16-bed advanced ICU to be vacant. Also read: ICU at Faridpur BSMMCH hamstrung by lack of staff, equipment The ICU unit should have had one assistant professor, two junior consultants, two assistant registrars and two medical officers as per the rules but only Ananta Kumar Biswas, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia department, was made in-charge of the ICU as an additional responsibility.