Skilled technicians to be appointed: PM

Like appointment of doctors and nurses, skilled medical technicians will be appointed in the country to tackle the coronavirus crisis.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this while formally inaugurating the disbursement of Taka 1,250 crore cash assistance among 50 lakh poor families through a videoconference from her official Ganabhaban residence on Thursday morning.

We have already appointed 2000 doctors and 5000 nurses to tackle the coronavirus crisis, she said.

 “My only goal is to remove the plight of the people of every area and I want to achieve that aim,” she said.

“There is a huge population (in the country). I may not provide so much amount (of money to them). But I could at least give a small amount (of money) so that none is deprived and we could extend support to all and we’re taking these steps keeping that in mind,” she added.

The premier said the low-income group people including floating persons, rickshaw and van-pullers, day-labourers, construction workers, agriculture workers, employees of the shops, small traders, barbers, (ferry) ghat workers, workers of private business organisations, poultry and dairy farm workers, transport workers and hawkers have become jobless due to the nationwide shutdown over the pandemic.

“We tried to save and manage money so that we could help them in the month of holy Ramadan,” she said.

 

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