Ministry inducts 90 clinicians, technicians

The Ministry of Health’s Division of Health Sciences Education inducted 90 clinicians and technicians into the medical fraternity at a ceremony hosted on Thursday.

A Government Information Agency (GINA) press release said the group comprised 20 pharmacy assistants, 28 medical laboratory technicians, 20 environmental health officers, 12 public health nurses and 10 dentexes (diploma).

In his address at the ceremony, Minister of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran said while the last batch of public health nurses was trained 12 years ago, it is