Government to Recruit 100,000 Health Workers and 5,000 Doctors

The government is set to present the national budget for the 2026–27 fiscal year with an allocation of BDT 69,409 crore for the health sector. This proposed healthcare allocation stands at 1.01 percent of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP), representing a substantial increase from the 0.58 percent designated in the previous fiscal year. The proposed budget also carries formal declarations to recruit 5,000 physicians and an additional 100,000 health workers.

The budget will be formally presented today, Thursday, during the budget session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad. Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury will introduce the national budget proposals. According to institutional sources, the government's proposed allocation of BDT 69,409 crore for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare marks a significant shift from the revised budget of the FY 2025–26 cycle, which stood at BDT 35,477 crore for the sector.

MBBS Curriculum Overhaul and Strategic Human Resource Expansion

Sources reveal that the budget speech will feature the launch of a modern, competency-based, and future-ready MBBS academic curriculum. This updated educational framework will explicitly incorporate integrated modular systems, modern clinical teaching methods, and the functional deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based medical knowledge and healthcare technologies. To systematically eliminate long-standing institutional vacancies, the government is initiating immediate measures to recruit 5,000 MBBS-qualified physicians across the country.

Simultaneously, the administration will launch an extensive recruitment drive for 100,000 new health workers to ensure quality, public-centric healthcare services at the grassroots level. To support targeted socio-economic participation, the state has mandated that exactly 80 percent of these newly recruited health worker positions will be reserved for female candidates.

Higher Nursing Education and General Caregiver Training Frameworks

The budget also introduces dedicated allocations aimed at promoting higher education and professional mobility within the national nursing and midwifery sectors. The government plans to expand intake opportunities for both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in nursing sciences across state institutions.

Furthermore, to effectively address local youth unemployment while meeting surging domestic and global healthcare labor demands, the budget introduces a specialized, four-month-long "General Caregiver" certified training program tailored specifically for educated unemployed young men and women.