Dhaka, July 11 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday assured doctors and medical students that his government will work to address long-standing challenges in the healthcare sector after they placed a series of proposals before him at the 80th anniversary programme of Dhaka Medical College (DMC).

The proposals included raising the retirement age for government doctors, modernising the MBBS curriculum, improving internship training, introducing a national referral system, reducing class sizes, expanding clinical training opportunities, rebuilding the ageing DMC hospital, and strengthening healthcare services across the country.

Speaking at a discussion titled "Ideas of Present and Former DMC Students on Modernising Bangladesh's He...