The government has a plan to recruit around 5,000 physicians to provide healthcare services to the people of the country.

“The interim government has been working to improve healthcare services across the country and working to recruit 5000 physicians,” Director General of Directorate General of Heath Services Professor Dr Md Abu Jafor said this after visiting 250-bed Natore district hospital here today.

He said manpower in the health department will have to increase because the country’s treatment facilities are insufficient against the population ratio.

“We have to ensure healthcare services for the people although limitation is there. So the government has taken the plan to recruit more 5,000 physicians for public hospitals,” the DG said.