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Government to clear backlog Of Nurses

He said the nation could not afford to leave the nurses and other health professionals trained with the nation’s scarce resources to go to waste, adding; “we must by all means find work for them to do.”

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Mr. Aboagye-Gyedu gave the assurance when he appeared before the Appointment Committee of Parliament in Accra.

The nominee, who is an Accountant, is among the last batch of four ministers of state and 50 deputy ministers to be vetted by the Appointment Committee.

Mr. Aboagye-Gyedu also assured the Appointments Committee of the ministry’s commitment to improve its Human Resource Department to streamline the recruitment of new health workers.

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He said nursing students who found themselves in unaccredited institutions and, as a result, could not be accepted would have to be helped by the ministry to improve on their skills to become employable.

SOURCE: GNA

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