MoU Signed to Improve Railway Hospital Services
- Update Time : 08:19:10 am, Monday, 21 April 2025
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To enhance healthcare services, ten hospitals under Bangladesh Railway will now be operated jointly with the Ministry of Health, following a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding between the two ministries. The agreement was signed on Monday, April 21, at the conference room of the Health Ministry in the Secretariat by Railways Secretary Md. Fahimul Islam and Health Services Division Secretary Md. Saidur Rahman. Present at the event were Railway Advisor Faozul Kabir Khan and Health Advisor Noorjahan Begum. It was announced that a central management committee will be formed under the leadership of both secretaries to oversee the overall operations of these hospitals. The Railway Advisor stated that the hospitals will be modernized and staffed with sufficient personnel to ensure quality treatment for all. Additionally, the Health Advisor confirmed that, to strengthen the national healthcare system, 2,000 doctors will be recruited through a special BCS examination by September this year.
