N-E province get 120 nurses

Nadira Gunatilleke

The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry appointed 420 nurses on Thursday. Hundred and twenty will be sent to State hospitals in the North and East Provinces. The total number of nurses to be sent to hospitals under the Eastern Provincial Council is 40, a Ministry spokesman said.

He said 30 nurses will be sent to the Ampara General hospital while another 20 will be sent to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital. The Batticaloa Teaching Hospital will get six nurses. Ten nurses will be sent to the Kalmunai Base hospital. Ashraff Hospital in Kalmunai will receive 10 nurses while the Kantale Base hospital will get 10 nurses.

The ministry has also appointed 10 nurses to the Western Province, five for the Southern Province, 15 each for Sabaragamuwa, Central, North Central and North Western Provinces. The number of nurses appointed to Uva is 25, he added.

The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry has commenced on the 15,000 nurse recruitment drive to fill vacancies in the health sector. Around 25,000 nurses serve in the State sector.