Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- An unchecked influx of people into Dhaka from insufficiently served countryside demographically elevates the Bangladesh capital to world's second-densely-populated city but downgrades its basic civic services - healthcare, in particular, left in disarray.

According to a recent UN report, Dhaka is home to 36.6 million and jumps to second place from ninth. However, experts believe the real figure is much greater than the estimation for overconcentration of population in the centripetal capital sans adequate provisions for shelter, sanitation, healthcare facilities in particular.

In this context, analysts say, expanding the medical facilities for the burgeoning population remains a big challenge for government healthcare ...