Libya keen to recruit medics from Bangladesh

Reza Mahmud :
Libya is keen to hire huge numbers of Bangladeshi doctors, nurses and medical technologists as the country is in suffering enough from shortages of manpower in its health sector.
A delegation team from Libyan health ministry led by the Ambassador of the State of Libya in Bangladesh, Abdulmutalib SM Suliman met with Imran Ahmed, the Minister of the Ministry of the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment on Tuesday to inform their eagerness in this regard.
Dr. Ahmed Munirus Saleheen, Secretary of the ministry and Md. Shahidul Alam, Director General of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) among others were present in the meeting.
Proprietors and delegates from Azure Bengal Ltd, ANZ overseas and Ezzy overseas also have participated in the meeting.
Those three manpower recruiting agencies are keen to send medical manpower to Libya is the process Okayed by the ministry.
The Libyan ambassador said to the Expatriates’ Welfare minister that his country is now suffering from huge shortages of physician, nurse and medical technologists.
The delegation team members also said that their country have well informed about the reputation of Bangladeshi medical manpower including physicians and nurses. Many Bangladeshi physicians are working in different Middle Eastern countries for long with very good reputations, they said.
The Expatriates’ Welfare Minister asked the delegations to submit a written proposal about the issue. Then the expatriates’ welfare
ministry will discuss the matter with the health ministry about the matter.
Experts said that there are numbers of physicians, nurses and medical technicians are joining the workforce every year.
Meanwhile, many of them failed to get good jobs in health facilities due to shortages of posts.
On contrast, many health facilities are on sufferings due to shortages of sufficient physicians, nurses and medical technicians, sources said.
Experts blamed delaying process and ignorance for remaining shortages of sufficient physicians and nurses in the hospitals.
They said that number of manpower in health sector can get job in home and abroad if the process is work well.
They suggested that the country should send physicians, nurses and medical technologists abroad to earn more foreign currency.
“There are many medical, nursing and medical technology students as well institutions are remaining in our country. So, we can provide that manpower in the hospitals in home and abroad every year,’ experts said.
When contacted, Dr. Ahmed Munirus Saleheen, the Secretary of the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment told The New Nation on Tuesday, “The delegations from Libyan Embassy met us to inform that they want to recruit number of medical manpower including doctors and nurses from Bangladesh.”
“We have suggested them to submit written proposal in this regards so that we can discuss the matter with the health ministry as this is not only our ministry’s matter,” he said.
BMET data showed that about 1.5 lakh Bangladeshi workers went Libya in legal ways in the last several years.