With no footbridge in sight, medical students are forced to clamber over high road dividers each day to cross one of the capital’s busiest roads in Agargaon. Thousands of patients, caregivers and pedestrians face similar risks near major healthcare institutions, including Dhaka Shishu Hospital and the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation. The photo was taken on Wednesday.

With no footbridge in sight, medical students are forced to clamber over high road dividers each day to cross one of the capital’s busiest roads in Agargaon. Thousands of patients, caregivers and pedestrians face similar risks near major healthcare institutions, including Dhaka Shishu Hospital and the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation. The photo was taken on Wednesday.