Govt to hire 2,000 more doctors through Public Service Commission: Rizwana
"A recruitment process is underway to hire 3,493 doctors through the PSC. In addition, we have decided to hire 2,000 more doctors," she says
The government has decided to recruit 2,000 more physicians through the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) aiming to reach healthcare facilities at the grassroots level, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said today (4 March).
"A recruitment process is underway to hire 3,493 doctors through the BPSC. In addition, we have decided to hire 2,000 more doctors," she told a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy this afternoon.
Rizwana said, "The rural people are deprived of healthcare facilities and that is why the main objective of the government's decision at today's meeting is to ensure that healthcare facilities and doctors are available at the rural level."
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About the outcomes of today's meeting of the council of advisers, she said the council took 135 decisions and a periodical review committee found that 92 decisions out of 135 have already been implemented. "Implementation rate is about 68%."
The adviser said the council of advisers decided to change the names of two institutions - Bangabandhu Science and Technology Fellowship Trust and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre.
She said the council also decided to determine the rate of saturated fat in food products maintaining the global standard.
Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam, Deputy Press Secretaries Apurba Jahangir and Abul Kalam Azad Majumder and Assistant Press Secretary Suchismita Tithi were also present at the press briefing.
