A Severe Shortage Of Around 30,000 Nurses Prevails In Government Hospitals

There's a severe shortage of around 30,000 Nurses in the Government Hospitals Island Wide at present  according to the Ministry Of Health,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine.

Due to the Nurses Shortage some special units,wards,ICU'S and Theaters in Government Hospitals in urban and rural areas are functioning with difficulties it has been reported

The required number of Nurses estimated for Government Hospitals is around 65,000 and at present the Hospitals are having only around 35,000 Nurses the Ministry has said.Around 4500 new Nurses are passing out from Government Nurses Training Collages annually and that number is not sufficient to fill the Nurses Shortage Health Ministry has stressed.

According to the Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne steps have been taken to train more
 Graduate Nurses in view of overcoming the Nurses Shortage and in that aspect the Nurses Training College in Sri Jaywardenapura -Kotte is due to be converted into a Nursing Faculty.