Two more medical universities in Ctg, Rajshahi

The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of Chittagong and Rajshahi Medical College Act 2015 to provide the country with more expert physicians.

However, the Chittagong Medical College Hospital and Rajshahi Medical College Hospital will remain as it is.

The approval was given at a regular meeting of the cabinet held at the secretariat with prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

After the meeting, cabinet secretary M Musharraf Hussain Bhuiyan briefed reporters where he said that medical colleges of the two regions will be under the two new universities.

As a result, the number of medical universities in the country will be three.

Earlier in March last year, the prime minister had announced to make Dhaka Medical College a university, but the initiative did not see light after much criticism.

-Prothom Alo