Shawdesh Desk:

The government is recruiting another 2,000 doctors and 3,000 medical technologists, technicians and radiographers to speed up the treatment of patients amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Confirming the news, Habibur Rahman, the director of management information system at the health directorate, said the process of appointing medical technologists, technicians and radiographers has begun after approval from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Earlier, in the first week of May, the government recruited 2,000 doctors and 5,000 nurses to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.