Georgetown: 103 new nurses and nursing assistants officially joined the Georgetown School of Nursing located on East Street; where they would be taken through medical training. The Professional Registered Nurse programme usually lasts three years while the Nurse Assistant programme has a duration of a maximum of two years.
Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran noted that his Ministry is working on ensuring that the two schools are in better shape. At the nurses’ orientation, at the Regency Hotel, he emphasised that in 2012 the government spent just under $400M on medical training.
This year over $369M was budgeted for human resource development to enhance the competency of health officials with the system benefiting from the return of a further 278 Cuban trained doctors who will be deployed countrywide.
Permanent Secretary of the Health Ministry Leslie Cadogan urged the trainees to pay attention to their tutors and to ask questions so that they can receive the best education.
These training opportunities have not only been ensuring the health care system has the necessary support staff, but it gives Guyanese youths an opportunity to pursue medical studies. With regards to continuous academic progression, the students after serving for several years can pursue higher medical education in their respective fields. Most importantly, they can access higher education at the University of Guyana, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and via scholarships.
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