Too many people in Bangladesh flock to the city for work — this is a well-known fact. As a result, not only do cities become overcrowded and unsustainable, rural areas suffer from a dearth of qualified professionals, the lack of good doctors being the most regrettable. Some three-quarters of all doctors in Bangladesh with MBBS degrees choose to work in urban areas, mostly in Dhaka, while rural areas suffer. One solution would be to require fresh medical graduates to do internships at rural areas, so that they may become acclimatised to working at the rural level. There also need to be infrastructural developments in rural areas, so that young medical professions find it an attractive prospect to move to and work in those places.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 23, 2017 07:27 UTC