Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The Health Ministry has taken an initiative to recruit 5,000 doctors to fill vacant posts and ensure quality healthcare services.

Professor Dr. Md Sayedur Rahman, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, disclosed this while talking to reporters on Sunday after the second session of the first day of the Deputy Commissioners' (DC) Conference at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital.

"The ministry has identified the need for over 5,000 doctors in entry-level positions along with the need for specialists in modern hospitals. The process of creating these positions has already begun including addressing shortages at union levels and in medical colleges, he said.

"We are making every effort to fill the vacant positi...