Bangladesh, Oct. 16 -- The government has introduced an automated system for transferring and posting doctors to improve transparency and eliminate bias in the health sector, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain said on Thursday.

"Today, we are preparing to transfer 95 doctors at the upazila level through automation, without bias, political considerations or personal preferences as the government plans to gradually bring transfers and postings across all positions under the Health Services Division within the automated system," he said while inaugurating the system at a ceremony at the Secretariat.

The minister described the initiative as a historic step towards ensuring merit-based and impartial decisions on docto...