4,000 doctors soon after BCS exam
The government is set to recruit a total of 4,000 doctors soon under a special BCS examination to reduce people and doctors ratio in the healthcare sector and reach its service to rural people across the country.
“A move is underway for recruitment of doctors in the health department through a special BCS examination soon,” Public Administration Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder told the news agency.
Sikdar said a decision in this regard would be taken as the summary is awaited for final approval from the higher authorities.
According to a ministry source, the ratio between people and doctors is at 3012:1 in the country which would be reduced by recruiting more doctors in the sector.
The source said the government would recruit 2,572 doctors in the 33rd BCS examination. It said 34th BCS might be for doctors only, which will be announced soon.
Talking to the news agency, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Prof AFM Ruhal Haque said the ministry recruited at least 59,000 manpower including doctors, nurses, assistant and community healthcare providers giving importance to the public healthcare of the country during the last three years.
“A total of 22,774 posts of class I, II, III and IV are lying vacant right now at different upazila and district hospitals. Of them, 6,085 doctors and 262 (non-medical) belong to class-I, 4,497 class-II, 10,859 class-III and 5,072 class-IV employees,” he said.
Around 6,500 posts are still vacant even after the appointment of 4,500 doctors on ad-hoc basis while 1,000 physicians have been promoted following the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) and the process would be continued, the minister added.
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