Cabinet Spokesperson Maurice Merchant says group of Ghanaian nurses to arrive next weekend
One hundred and twenty nurses from Ghana are expected to arrive in Antigua and Barbuda on January 23, as the government moves to strengthen staffing levels within the public healthcare system.
The announcement was made during Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting, following an update from Minister of Health, Sir Molwyn Joseph.
According to the government, highly trained professionals will be deployed across the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre, community clinics, and schools to help ease existing workforce pressures and improve patient care.
Officials say recruiting Ghanaian nurses is part of a broader strategy to address nurse shortages and ensure continuity of healthcare services. Cabinet also reaffirmed its commitment to long-term solutions, including continued training for local nurses at the University of the West Indies, Five Islands Campus.
The government has emphasized that while international recruitment remains necessary in the short term, building a self-reliant and sustainable health workforce remains a national priority.
Are there coming with the baba? Hope not because we already have too much in ANU.
We only need the blood and the name of Jesus.No baba
Same thing I was wondering. Schools are overcrowded as it is already.
EVERYTHING needs to be imported? Even more nurses? How about train local nurses properly and give them the incentives to thrive in their profession? Bringing more foreigners and probably going to give them better incentives than local nurses.
This is great news, but when will we start training our own youth to fill these gaps?
Why are people complaining. This is sure to post service at the hospital and hopefully teach our nurses a thing or two about customer relations
While temporary recruitment is fine, how long will it take before we have enough trained local nurses to rely on?
Are there plans to incentivize young Antiguans to pursue nursing so we don’t keep needing foreign staff?
Recruiting nurses internationally shows the government is serious about addressing staffing shortages. At the same time, investing in local training programs ensures sustainability. This two-pronged approach is smart.
Can we speak Ghananian? Will there be a language barrier? I hate antiguan politics
I hope they are not as harsh as them Spanish people that use to work up there
We have a government in office who has no loyalty.
Big up the nurses coming from Ghana. Once patients getting better care, that’s what matters
Short term help is good, but government still need to make nursing attractive for our own young people.