More nurses, other healthcare to be trained - Min. Anthony

DPI - The Ministry of healthcare professionals, as systeminGuyana. recent sod-turning exercise Health is looking to train it seeks to drastically Minister, Dr Frank for the new $6 6 billion more nurses and other improve the healthcare Anthony, speaking at a hospital in Region Five, noted that more persons need to be trained from the region to adequately staff the facility when it is completed

“Region Five needs quite a lot of nurses and we want you to come on board, identifythoseyoungpersons who are interested and we will make sure that through “Right now, we are will train them, and when the Ministry of Public working to ensure that we we’re finished training you Service, that we can provide equip each of these health and you pass the exam, we MathandEnglish.” centres with the right type of have a job for you,” Dr The ministry is aiming to equipment, with the right Anthonystated. train at least 1,000 nurses type of diagnostics kits so

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony (DPI photo)

While noting that the annually through the that we will be able to general requirement is five introduction of online provide these types of CSEC passes including training. interventions,” the health English and Mathematics, “So, people can study ministerpointedout. the health minister said, nursing at home and when This also comes with the ”There is no barrier to you are ready to do the recognition that a lot more education, if you want to practical component you peopleneedtobetrained. becomeanurseandyouhave will come into a simulation “One of the things that the aptitude, you have a centre in your region,” the we have been doing is couple of subjects, we will ministerunderscored. working to expand training work with you to bring you Primary healthcare has so that we can have more intothesystem. been brought into focus over pharmacists,morepharmacy

“We don’t want to the last few years and the assistants, we want to have compromise our entry ministry has identified 216 more laboratory technicians, requirement, but what we services that should be x-ray technicians, CT Scan will do once we identify provided at all primary technicians, ultrasound people with these gaps, is healthcare facilities such as technicians, and so forth,” that we will bring you in, we healthcentresandposts. MinisterAnthonyadded.