Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen said that the government will take all the necessary steps to appoint the graduate pharmacists at all the public hospitals.

"All the necessary steps will be taken to appoint the graduate pharmacists, including the provision of enrolment for graduate pharmacists in different countries around the world, but we have not started work to enrol these professionals,” said the minister on Tuesday.

The minister said this while responding to an important notice that was brought by independent lawmaker M Naser Shahriar Zahedi of Jenaidah-2 under Rule 71 of the Rules of Procedure of the national parliament during the session with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

There are only 35 approved posts for graduate pharmacists in different public and specialized hospitals under the directorate of health services, while some 8,770 pharmacists in Taiwan, 3,500 in the Philippines, and 6,514 are working in different hospitals in Malaysia.

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