With a shortage locally as Guyana’s nurses are actively being recruited to work overseas, the Ministry of Health has implemented several measures to combat this including hiring from Cuba, an increase in training of locals, and salary increases.
Speaking at the ministry’s end-of-year press conference yesterday, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony stressed that the ministry has embarked on several measures in efforts to keep their staff within the system, labelling the shortage of nurses a global issue.
He said that while they cannot stop people who are coming into Guyana to recruit the country’s nurses, one of the things they are doing to increase staffing is to “train more people.”
