AS part of efforts to address the shortage of nursing staff in some of the country’s public hospitals and health care centres, Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson said 96 locally trained nurses will be taking up employment at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) come Monday, and 14 at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital.
“This is good news. This is really good news,” Ferguson said after a tour of the institutions yesterday morning.
“We recognise that the challenges are great, but we are seeking to put measures in place to get better services.”
A total of 203 nurses will be placed in hospitals and health care facilities in the South East Region on Monday with the bulk at KPH.
Ferguson also stated that his ministry would be looking at measures that will keep locally trained nurses practicing their trade in Jamaica.
