Grassroots Workforce Boost (Bangladesh): Bangladesh plans to recruit 5,000 doctors and 1 lakh health workers in phases, with upazila hospitals getting expanded infrastructure, equipment and digital systems under a record Tk69,409 crore FY2026-27 health budget. Hospital Safety & Accountability (Lesotho): Lesotho’s Public Accounts Committee ordered audits at Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital after allegations a nursing assistant fraudulently obtained a licence, and it also demanded independent checks on foreign doctors’ credentials. Hospital Violence & Security (UK): Police UK data shows Ipswich Hospital logged 76 crimes in six months, with violence and sexual offences concentrated around the emergency department. ED Staffing Strain (New Zealand): Gisborne Hospital nurses say the emergency department is in “absolute chaos” due to staffing shortages and winter respiratory surges, with a short strike planned. Public Health & Disease Monitoring (Hong Kong/Thailand): Hong Kong labour officials are open to classifying heatstroke as an occupational disease, while Thailand reports 53,362 hand, foot and mouth disease cases in 2026 and urges surveillance in young children. Care for Dementia (US): Hospice of the Valley won a $100,000 grant to expand an in-home dementia supportive care program for families. Clinical Research Update (Biotech): Pulmovant/Roivant will present Phase 2 results for inhaled mosliciguat in PH-ILD at the ERS Congress on Sept. 8. Local Incidents: A serious crash in Hulhumale’ sent two people to hospital; in Rewa, an 80-year-old was mistakenly declared dead but found alive before postmortem.