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15,000 new doctors to be appointed soon: Maleque
DHAKA, April 7, 2019 (BSS) – Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today
said 15,000 doctors will be appointed within few months aiming to improve the
country’s health sector.
The minister came up with the announcement while addressing a discussion
at the auditorium of Krishibid Institute Bangladesh (KIB) in the capital.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Health and
Family Welfare Ministry arranged the discussion marking the World Health Day
2019.
Speaking as the chief guest, Maleque said around 5,000 physicians will be
recruited within two months. “After their recruitment, I hope, we would be
able to appoint 10,000 more doctors,’ he added.
Noting that 150 new intensive care units (ICUs) will be installed in
different hospitals of the country soon, the health minister said the
government is working to ensure healthcare for all.
He said currently about 60 percent healthcare services are being provided
at private hospitals at high cost and urged the owners of the private
hospitals to cut the cost of treatment.
Chaired by Health secretary Asadul Islam, the discussion was addressed,
among others, by Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) president Dr Mustafa
Jalal Mohiuddin, additional secretary of the ministry Habibur Rahman and DGHS
director general Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad.
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