DHAKA: Oman has recently recruited more than 300 doctors from Bangladesh.

Most of the doctors have been posted in government hospitals, including Royal Hospital and Khoula Hospital in Muscat.

Times of Oman reports on Friday quoting Bangladesh Overseas Employment Services Limited (Boesl), a government-sponsored recruiting agency, which handles the recruitment process in Bangladesh.

Apart from Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) doctors, a large number of homoeopathic doctors and nurses, recruited from Bangladesh, are also in Oman, the report added.

Commenting on the recruitment, Boesl president Mohammed Shafiqul Islam Bhuiyan said that about 50 doctors are also waiting for their necessary clearances to fly to Oman.

He, claiming the Bangladesh doctors are one of the best in Asia, said that they have recently performed in some of the important surgeries in Oman.

Last year, Oman health minister Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Obaid Al Saeedi said that the country may face a shortage of nearly 8,900 medical practitioners by 2015 at a Majlis meeting.

"Oman will meet the shortage of doctors and nurses by bringing in 3,288 doctors and nurses from outside," he added.

Statistics from the ministry show that 4,464 doctors required in 2015, but Oman can provide only 1,176 doctors, and the ministry will need to cover the shortfall.

Dr Ahmed Al Saeedi said that the ministry would need to employ 5,598 nurses by 2015.

BDST: 1715 HRS, NOV 29, 2014