, April 7 -- Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Tuesday told parliament that necessary initiatives are being taken to recruit some 100,000 health workers in line with the current government's election manifesto.

He said this responding to a starred tabled question placed by treasury bench member elected from Naogaon-4 Ikramul Bari Tipu.

The minister said the government has been working relentlessly to ensure adequate manpower to improve the quality of healthcare services and maintain continuity in service delivery across the country.

He said on January 22 this year, a total of 2,984 assistant surgeons and 279 dental surgeons were recruited through the 48th BCS, while 98 assistant surgeons (MBBS) and 22 den...