The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken an initiative to urgently recruit staff for vacant posts in grades 13 to 16 at health institutions across the country under the Health Services Division.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) administration wing has instructed relevant officials at all health institutions to take the necessary steps in this regard.

The directive was issued in a letter signed by Professor Jalal Uddin Mohammad Rumi, director (administration) of the DGHS, dated 20 August.

The letter said necessary initiatives had been taken to recruit 100,000 health workers to address the shortage of manpower in the health sector.

As part of the initiative, orders have been given to recruit staff for vacant posts in grades 13 to 16 at all health institutions under the Health Services Division.