BAHAMAS-HEALTH - Nurses from Ghana to relieve shortage of nurses.

Eighteen speciality nurses from Ghana are scheduled to arrive here by the end of October to help relieve the shortage of nurses.

Michael Darville

According to Health Minister Dr Michael Darville said 18 specialty Ghanaian nurses will arrive in the Bahamas to help#

'I would like to see them in the country before the end of the month,' said Health Minister Dr Michael Darville who was speaking on the sidelines of the Ministry of Health's Leadership Forum's opening ceremony on Friday.

'I believe we will be able to accomplish that so that we can fill a lot of gaps of specialty nurses that exist at the Princess Margaret Hospital and some at the Rand Memorial Hospital.

'And to be able to improve the delivery of quality services that we want to provide at our hospitals and take a lot of burdens from a lot of our specialty nurses who are working a lot of overtime and we don't want them to burn out. So we look forward to these nurses to come to the country.'

There has been continuing nurses shortages in the country with many frontline workers continuously complaining of exhaustion - both physically and mentally.

According to Darville the Ghanaian nurses, will help in the fight to provide quality service in the country.

'I want the Bahamian people to know that while we are recruiting, developed countries are recruiting in our country and it's a...