The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed that 120 Ghanaian nurses have been chosen to serve a two-year contract in Barbados.
Over 600 applicants expressed interest in the initiative and an opportunity to serve at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, in the Carribean country.
The Ministry of Health together with officials from Barbados conducted interviews to shortlist the qualifying candidates and to finally arrive at the final number got.
The interviews lasted a week-long, starting on Monday, November 10 and ending on Friday, November 15.
Speaking in an interview, Mr Elorm Ametepe, Public Relations Officer, said 598 candidates applied for the opportunity to be part of the initiative, out of which 150 were shortlisted for an interview.
Of the 150, 120 were finally selected to be granted the opportunity to serve in the various departments of the hospital in Barbados.
“The final number of nurses to be engaged was not reached solely by the Ministry but in consultation with representatives and the Government of Barbados,” he added.
The Barbados nursing job initiative came to the fore when President Nana Akufo-Addo in June paid a day’s working visit to the Carribean Island and held bilateral talks with the Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, where she expressed the need for Ghanaian nurses to solve its shortage of professional nurses in hospitals.
Mr Ametepe says the 120 nurses comprised of 12 cardiac care nurses, 21 critical care, eight emergency room, six operating theatre, three ophthalmic and 70 registered general nurses.
