PM orders recruitment of 10,000 nurses

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed the Health Ministry to take necessary steps for creating posts and appointing 10,000 more nurses to ensure better treatment of the country’s common people. ‘I’m asking the Health Minister to come up with a proposal for appointing 10,000 more nurses... it has to be done in consultation with the Ministry of Public Administration and Finance... there’ll be no problem to this end as I’m giving guaranty,’ she said. The Prime Minister made the directive while inaugurating the World Breastfeeding Week 2014 (August 1-7) at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city. The theme of the week this year is ‘Breastfeeding: A Winning Goal for Life’. Hasina also said some 6,221 assistant surgeons of BCS cadre will join their jobs on Thursday as they became successful in the 33rd BCS examination. Rationalising the need for appointing more nurses, Hasina said more nurses should be appointed to ensure proper medical services to patients. She said complaints are often received that the nurses do not behave decently with patients, but it has to be considered that the nurses work under tremendous pressure as they have to deal with so many patients. ‘There’s also a need for properly trained specialised nurses,’ she added, according to BSS.