Times Of Swaziland: GOVT APPROVES HIRING OF 293 HEALTH WORKERS

GOVT APPROVES HIRING OF 293 HEALTH WORKERS
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BY SIBONGILE SUKATI on 29/04/2020 01:16:00


MBABANE – While some are losing their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its
jobs galore in the health sector.
Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi announced that in the next few days, the
ministry would be hiring about 293 health workers.
The majority of these will be nurses, as government intends to hire 90 of them.
The minister said the hiring of the health workers had been approved by Cabinet
yesterday during it’s meeting.
Hiring
The minister said they would be hiring about 54 more orderlies who would be
cleaning the hospitals and clinics and 50 nursing assistants.  She said there
was a great need for more health workers at this time and stated that about five
doctors and 30 paramedics would be hired.
She said they would also hire a further 10 laboratory technologists to speed up
the work in the laboratories.
Others, who would be hired, are ME Specialists who will track all the work the
health workers have done.