ZOOMBANGLA DESK: The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has recommended recruiting 2,000 doctors and 5,054 nurses to tackle the coronavirus crisis in the country, BSS reports.

From the waiting list of 8,107candidates who qualified in the 39th special Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exam but were recommended (on April 2019) for the health cadre due to the shortage of post, 2,000 have been recommended for the post of assistant surgeon by the PSC today, said a press release.

The PSC made the recommendation as per the requirement of the Public Administration Ministry, in case of state emergency, to provide healthcare services to the COVID-19 patients, the release added.

Besides, as per the demand of Health and Family Welfare Ministry, the PSC also recommended recruiting 5,054 senior staff nurses to ensure better healthcare services in hospitals across the country to combat the COVId-19 situation.

The PSC made the recommendation keeping the posts reserved for those candidates who applied against the ‘very recently’ advertized circular for the senior staff posts and their verifications are yet to be completed, the release also said.

Detailed results regarding recruitment of the physicians and nurses are available on the websites of PSC www.bpsc.gov.bd and Teletalk BPSC, it added.