A Study on the shortages of Human Resources in Health Care Industry and Proposed Solutions

1. MGT 425: Manpower Planning and
Forecasting
1.Labiba Sharmin Hossain – 15104145
2.Ahana Alam – 15204034
3.Sanjana Hossen – 16104088
4.Rezwana Tasnim – 16104018
5.Ibna Shad Anik - 16304083

2. A Study on the shortages
of Human Resources in
Health Care Industry
and Proposed Solutions
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3. Overview
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The healthcare industry consists of
companies that provide medical service,
manufactures medical equipment or drug ,
provide medical insurance or otherwise
facilitate the provision of healthcare to
patient.

4. Overview
Health care in Bangladesh is provided three major categories
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1.The Primary
Care
2. The
Secondary Care
3. Tertiary
Health Care

5. Overview
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▰According to reports of MOHFW published in 2012 and 2013, there are currently 64,434
registered doctors, 6,034 registered dentists, and 27,000 midwives. The figures indicate a
physician density of 0.036%.
▰Total of 128 public medical intuitions that provide secondary and tertiary level health care to both
in and out-patients. Of these 128 institutions, 53 are district hospitals, 11 general hospitals, a
medical university in Dhaka (BSMMU), and 63 other types of hospitals.
▰Total of 2,983 registered private hospitals around the country which provide 45,485 functional
beds as of 2013. The bed-density in the private sectors then stands at 0.031%.

6. Types Of Human Resource Required
Types of human resource required in this
industry are:
- Doctor
- Physician
- Counseling
- Nurse
- Work place Safety and Sanitation manager
- Labor Mediation
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7. Skill
▰About Doctor, Have to be expert on one specific term
like :
1.Neurologists
2.Psychiatrists
3.Cardiologists
▰Have to be skilled in communication
▰Have to be proper educated and certified from
authorities
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8. HR Planning Processes Used in Health
Industry
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Objectives of
Human
Resource
Planning:
Human
resource
planning must
be matched
with overall
organizational
plans
Current
Manpower
Stock: the
detailed bio
data of each
individual
Demand/
Supply
Forecasting:
Must check
the demand
and supply of
manpower
after every
one year, two-
year
Determine net
Requirement:
Check the
demand and
supply of the
manpower
before
deriving at
any
conclusion

9. HR Planning Processes Used in Health Industry
Redeployment
and Redundancy:
The surplus
employees in one
department can
be transferred to
another
department
where deficit of
employees
estimated
Employment
Programme:
Prepare
programmes of
recruitment,
selection,
transfer and
promotion to
achieve
organization
goal.
Training and
Development:
For the update
of the
employees
Evaluation of
Human
Resource
Planning: After
doing all the
steps evaluate
the
effectiveness
of human
resource
planning to
measure the
output
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10. Evaluation of HR Requirement and
Availability in Health Industry
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*MBBS
*Internship
*Provisional registration
*other
degrees(FCPS,MCPS
etc)
*Complete nursing
degree
*Have depth knowledge
about nursing
*B.SC in
nursing(optional)
*Both doctors and
nurses are not available
for the robust number of
population

11. Reason of the shortage of HR
▰Concentrated in urban areas
▰Lack of proper demand and supply
▰Lack of proper management system
▰Lack of training and development
▰Failure of HR planning process
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12. Impact of the shortage
▰Problem in rural areas
▰Poor functional distribution
▰Poor geographical distribution
▰Few doctors attending many patients
▰Professional surgeons
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13. Steps taken to deal with the shortage of HR
Redesigning work process
Need a efficient leader
Develop work new model
Employees development
Proper HR planning process
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14. Benefits derived from the steps taken
 Enterprise leadership
 Workforce representation
 Patient experience
 Preventive care
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15. Recommendation
▰Health worker equally provided in both urban
and rural areas
▰More qualified doctors and nurses should be
provided in rural areas
▰Management system should maintain
properly
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16. Recommendation
▰Hospitals authority should arrange more
training session for their workers
▰Rewards provided to the workers
▰Health Professional surgeons should provide
in rural areas.
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18. References
▻ Population Reference Bureau. 2012. World Population Data Sheet.
Available from: http:// www.prb.org / Data Finder Geography/ Data.aspx?
loc=378.
▻ Health bulletin 2013. Management Information System. Directorate
General of Health Services. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Government of the People’s Republic.
▻ World Health Organization (WHO). World Health Report 2006: Working
together for health. Geneva: WHO, 2006. Available from: http:// www. who.
int/whr/ 2006/whr06_en.pdf.
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