Wednesday, October 15, 2008

There Is A Shortage Of Qualified Nurses In The Public And Private Health Sectors -Prof.Lalitha Mendis


Even though the Ministry of Health has taken steps to train more nurses for the State Owned Hospitals there is still a shortage of qualified nurses in the public and private Health sectors says the President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association Professor Lalitha Mendis.Currently there are only 12 Nurses per 100,000 population she said.Ministry of Health recently recruited large numbers of students for Nurses Training but due to the Shortage of Nursing Tutors,Lack of facilities in the Nurses Training Schools including Library and Lecture Hall Facilities there is a problem to train Qulified Nursing Staff she stressed.

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