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Guyana health minister champions for healthcare workers

Minister Dr. Anthony intervenes to have dismissed healthcare workers reinstated; pledges new opportunities for health sector employment  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — After reinstating nearly 30 terminated healthcare workers on Friday and revealing plans to expand local training for the healthcare sector on Sunday, the government of Guyana has this weekend shown notable support for its citizens…
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Cuban nurses working in Montserrat amid pandemic return home

Govt. to pursue longer-term partnership with Cuba for more nurses, healthcare workers in the future  PLYMOUTH, MONTSERRAT — Scores of Cuban nurses who were brought into the country to assist in its fight against COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic two years ago headed home yesterday, signaling the end of the global crisis could…
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Barbados recruits additional 200 nurses from Ghana

QEH executive says Ghanaian nurses fill ‘critical’ shortage in Barbados’ healthcare system  BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — Another 200 nurses from Ghana are being brought into Barbados’ healthcare system as demand for medical practitioners remains sky-high amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The impending arrival of the nurses was recently revealed by Prime Minister Mia Mottley as she…
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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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