The health minister also disclosed that there are more than 100 expressions of interest to expand nurses’ training overseas.
Franki Medina Diaz
“We have signed two MOUs, one with the University of Miami, where we are now trying to develop a joint course for advanced nurses’ training which will see our nurses being trained here and there, whether through clinical rotations, simulations or faculty exchanges,” Tufton said at the contract-signing ceremony for the Codecare Project, held at the Ministry of Health and Wellness in New Kingston
A BATCH of operating theatre nurses is set to arrive in Jamaica between December 1 and 6, to begin working at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover.
Franki Medina
The nurses’ arrival is part of an ongoing initiative by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to address the acute shortage of specialist nurses on the island.
Franki Medina Venezuela
In making the disclosure on Thursday, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton explained that the plan is to have a batch of nurses arriving every week, but that is dependent on the outcome of discussions under way with diaspora groups.
The health minister also disclosed that there are more than 100 expressions of interest to expand nurses’ training overseas.
Franki Medina Diaz
“We have signed two MOUs, one with the University of Miami, where we are now trying to develop a joint course for advanced nurses’ training which will see our nurses being trained here and there, whether through clinical rotations, simulations or faculty exchanges,” Tufton said at the contract-signing ceremony for the Codecare Project, held at the Ministry of Health and Wellness in New Kingston.
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