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More nurses leave for better pay

Peceli Naviticoko Multimedia Journalist [email protected]

May 9, 2023 7:21 am

Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer Colleen Wilson.

The Ministry of Health is losing nurses not only to overseas countries but also to hospitals under the public-private partnership within the country.

This was confirmed by Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer Colleen Wilson.

Wilson says many nurses have joined Aspen Medical in Lautoka and Ba.

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“I’m sure we have been receiving more nurses leaving, I don’t have the number right now, to be exact but I know there are nurses leaving”

Wilson adds that a number of nurses and midwives have joined the workforce in the last few months to fill the vacant position left by the 800 in 2022.

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