'Govt to recruit 10,000 doctors before election'

The government has decided to recruit 10,000 doctors before the general elections due in December, the health minister says, reports bdnews24.com.

Mohammed Nasim said half of them would be taken within three months.

Mr Nasim met the members of the Bangladesh Health Reporters' Forum (BHRF) at the Bangladesh Medical Association auditorium in the city on Sunday.

Acting health secretary Habibur Rahman Khan, BMA President Dr Mustafa Jalal Mohiuddin, General Secretary Dr Ehteshamul Haque Chowdhury Dulal, BHRF President Toufique Maruf, and General Secretary Nikhil Mankin spoke at the event moderated by BHRF vice-president Nurul Islam Hasib.

The minister said they would recruit those doctors through the Public Service Commission's special measures and post them at rural facilities.

"If we can post those 10,000 doctors, then there will be no shortage of doctors in villages," he said.