Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- A new national surveillance report by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has revealed a deeply alarming trend: 41 percent of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are no longer responding to any available antibiotics.
The findings were released on Monday during the launch of the National Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance Report at the IEDCR's newly inaugurated Mohakhali facility.
Presenting the data, IEDCR Chief Scientific Officer Professor Dr Zakir Hossain Habib warned that the rise of "superbugs'' resistant to all forms of treatment is escalating into a critical public health emergency.
The case-based surveillance, carried out between July 2024 and June 2025, analysed infor...