GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana authorities stated Friday that it’ll search to recruit 200 nurses from Cuba subsequent 12 months because the nation strikes to cope with a scarcity of regionally skilled nurses.
Well being Minister Dr. Frank Anthony, talking at an end-of-year information convention, advised reporters that 80 Cuban nurses had been recruited this 12 months to assist ease the scarcity and that the ministry will subsequent 12 months attempt to recruit extra whereas concurrently lowering the workload of nurses within the system.
“As you already know, we’ve got an issue with attrition of nurses,” Dr. Anthony stated, noting that a number of options are being pursued, together with recruiting 200 nurses from Cuba, who must be in Guyana in early 2024.
“Prior to now, we weren’t bringing a number of nurses (from Cuba), we had been bringing extra medical doctors, however now we’ve got requested the Cuban authorities for extra nurses,” Dr. Anthony advised reporters.
The well being authorities stated {that a} three-month crash course is being performed to assist Spanish-speaking nurses from Cuba combine higher regionally.
On Thursday, the Georgetown Public Hospital Company (GPHC) stated the hospital has an general deficit of about 600 nurses for optimum affected person care. GPHC’s chief government officer, Robbie Rambarran, stated 107 nurses resigned in 2022.
Dr. Anthony stated efforts are underway to assist scale back nurses’ workload, noting that many nurses are concerned in non-clinical duties, together with easy duties equivalent to taking objects from one place to a different.
The well being minister stated the ministry is keen to rent personnel to do non-clinical work so the nurses can concentrate on their medical duties.
Dr. Anthony stated an estimated 4,000 nurses are wanted within the coming years as the federal government builds new hospitals and amenities nationwide, the authorities improve salaries, and coaching packages are expanded.
Dr. Anthony stated 1,100 individuals are at present present process nursing coaching, and subsequent 12 months, the well being authorities hope to recruit one other 1,000 to 1,200 folks for coaching.
“There is no such thing as a means out of this besides to coach folks and produce them into the system,” Dr. Anthony advised reporters.
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