The circumstances surrounding Ayaan's death draw parallels with a similar incident last year at Central Hospital on Green Road in the capital, where Mahbuba Rahman Akhi and her newborn lost their lives due to medical negligence.
Savar Upazila Health Complex has been suffering from capacity issues for quite a long time now. From lack of beds, doctors and every other required facility, the state-sponsored health service is far from fulfilling the needs of the people.
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The government is yet to finalise the list of healthcare professionals and volunteers to be part of the Covid-19 mass inoculation campaign, whose piloting is likely to begin later this week.
Government officials said the piloting will take place at several public hospitals and the authorities there have also not finished preparing the lists of volunteers for it.
Bangladesh on Thursday received 20 lakh doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as gift from the India government. Besides, it has purchased another three crore doses from the Serum Institute of India. Fifty lakh shots are expected to arrive on January 25.
The government plans to roll out the vaccines early next month.