Dhaka, May 6 -- The woes of kidney patients are deepening in Bangladesh amid poor service management in government hospitals and costly treatment in private facilities.

On the other hand, the number of such patients, including those who are young, is rising due to unhealthy food habits, food adulteration, the overuse of insecticides and fertilisers in food production, and the unregulated consumption of medicines and antibiotics, according to health specialists.

Shumi, 44, has been undergoing kidney dialysis since July last year. Her first kidney malfunction was detected in 2014 during her third pregnancy. She was around 32 at the time.

A lawyer by profession, she now has to regularly receive dialysis treatments at United Medical Colleg...