Tag Archives: healthcare employment

SVG looks to bond local nurses amid COVID-induced ultra-high demand for healthcare workers

PM Gonsalves says he does not begrudge nurses wanting to work overseas but asserts “everybody can’t go and turn their back on we who pay to train them”  KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES — The government will be looking to bond nurses, requiring them to remain in the country and work for a certain…
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Bahamas hires 50 Cuban nurses to support struggling healthcare system amid COVID wave

Out of 300 nurses interviewed, 50 were hired  NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas recently hired some 50 Cuban nurses, becoming just one many countries worldwide to turn to recruit foreign healthcare workers amid a widespread coronavirus surge believed to be caused by the highly contagious omicron variant. [caption id="attachment_3650" align="alignleft" width="300"] Members of the Bahamas…
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Sint Maarten government looking to hire nurses ‘urgently’ amid COVID surge

Retired and/or available nurses asked to contact CPS as soon as possible  PHILIPSBURG, SINT MAARTEN — The government is urgently seeking to hire nurses, including those who may be retired but able to return to duty, as the nation battles a new surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Several other Caribbean countries are likewise seeing an…
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Bonus tax-free salary payments for healthcare workers, Joint Services in Guyana

“We are not returning the one month’s tax-free bonus for any other reason but because you deserve it, because you work hard for it.” - President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali   GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — Both healthcare workers and members of the Joint Services of Guyana are getting the gift of bonus salary payments this year, President…
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