Guyana on Friday stated it would search to recruit 200 nurses from Cuba subsequent yr because the nation strikes to take care of a scarcity of regionally educated nurses .
Well being Minister Dr Frank Anthony, talking at an finish of yr information convention, instructed reporters that 80 Cuban nurses had been recruited this yr to assist ease the scarcity and that the ministry will subsequent yr attempt to recruit extra whereas concurrently lowering the workload of nurses within the system.
“As , we now have an issue with attrition of nurses,” Dr Anthony stated, noting nevertheless that a number of options are being pursued, together with recruiting 200 nurses from Cuba, who must be in Guyana early 2024.
“Previously we weren’t bringing loads of nurses [from Cuba], we had been bringing extra docs however now we now have requested the Cuban authorities for extra nurses,” Dr Anthony instructed 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 total deficit of about 600 nurses for optimum affected person care with GPHC’s chief govt officer Robbie Rambarran saying that an estimated 107 nurses resigned in 2022.
Dr Anthony stated efforts are underway to assist scale back the workload of nurses, noting that many nurses are concerned in non-clinical duties together with easy duties of taking gadgets from one place to a different.
The Well being Minister stated that the ministry is prepared to rent personnel to get non-clinical work performed so the nurses can give attention to their scientific duties.
Dr Anthony stated an estimated 4000 nurses are wanted within the coming years as the federal government builds new hospitals and amenities throughout the nation and the authorities improve salaries, in addition to develop coaching programmes.
Dr Anthony stated 1,100 individuals are presently present process nursing coaching and subsequent yr, the well being authorities say they hope to recruit one other 1,000 to 1,200 folks for coaching.
“There isn’t any method out of this besides to coach folks and convey them into the system,” Dr Anthony instructed reporters.
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