Centres to train 15,000 nurses in three years
by Anura Maitipe
Training Centres have been set up to train 15,000 nurses within the
next three years, Minister of Health and Nutrition Nimal Siripala de
Silva told the 'Sunday Observer' .
Two new training centres have been set up under this program at the
Matara and Hambantota General Hospitals in addition to the centres at
the Colombo National Hospital, Sri Jayawardenapura Hospital Kotte,
Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, General Hospital Badulla and Teaching
Hospital at Kalubowila.
The centres have been provided with facilities to train 400 nurses
annually. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has taken steps to call for
applications to recruit 1,000 nurses this month and the Gazette
notification in this connection will be released shortly.
The Government's aim is to train more nurses to fulfil the country's
needs and to create job opportunities available for nurses in Eastern
and Western Europe. Once the new nurses move into services the nurses
who had served in the hospitals for over five years will be able to
apply for foreign jobs.
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