A second batch of medical professionals and assisting personnel from Bangladesh reached Libya on Thursday. This arrival comes in line with Decision No. 705 of 2022, aimed at addressing the shortage of medical staff in remote healthcare facilities in Libya.
These professionals underwent examinations by a committee led by Health Minister, Ramadan Abujnah. This is part of efforts to resolve the dearth of medical and assisting staff in hospitals and medical centers, located in distant regions.
Early this month, a Ministry of Health official announced that they had received the necessary approval to welcome 2,000 medical professionals and assistants from Bangladesh.
Abdel-Atti Abdel-Salam, the Head of the Committee for Distributing Foreign Medical and Assistant Medical Professionals at the Ministry of Health, stated that the Ministry of Labour has approved the doctors and nurses of varying specialities.
Abdel-Salam confirmed that the first batch of 21 medical and assistant medical professionals, has already arrived in Libya, and have been distributed to hospitals in the south of the country.
He added that a second batch of 120 doctors and nurses will arrive in Libya within two weeks.
The foreign professionals were selected after undergoing examinations, and will be contracted for one year, with the possibility of renewal.
The step sheds light on the need to address the shortage of medical workers, and improve the quality of healthcare in the country.
Libya has been in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The county has for years been split between rival administrations, each backed by rogue militias and foreign governments.
The current stalemate grew out of the failure to hold elections in December 2021, and the refusal of Prime Minister Abdel-Hamid Dbaiba, who is leading the transitional government, to step down.
