Of the samples taken from pneumonia patients in Bangladesh, 87.8 percent were infected with germs resistant to more than one antibiotic (multidrug-resistant). The respiratory medicine department of Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) presented the finding at a World Lung Day scientific seminar on Wednesday.
Phase-B resident Dr Md Mahmudur Rahman Chowdhury presented the main results of 21 of the department's studies published in international journals between 2019 and 2026. They show respiratory disease is most common among workers in various trades.
Eighty-nine percent of workers at stone-cutting works in Lalmonirhat had long-term respiratory symptoms. Among rice-mill workers in Rangpur, 52.3 percent had at least one symptom, against 17.6 percent of people not exposed to dust. In Kaliakair, Gazipur, 22.4 percent of 1,000 adults had symptoms; the studies linked this to older age, smoking and cooking on traditional polluting stoves.
Dr Chowdhury said that from the factory to the kitchen and from the kitchen to the hospital ward, home-grown research is showing the way to protect people's lungs. This year's theme was 'A Lifetime of Lung Health'.
Chief guest Professor Dr F M Siddiqui, BMU vice-chancellor, called for a better learning environment in respiratory medicine, the best possible patient care and more research. The department's chairman, Professor Dr Shamim Ahmed, presided, and doctors from the Chest and Heart Association of Bangladesh and the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital attended. The report is from Naya Diganta.
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Source: Naya Diganta
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