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The management of the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA), which is responsible for the administration of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) in Mt Hope, has begun hiring new nurses to help alleviate some of the staffing issues caused by sickout action from nurses currently in the system.
Guardian Media spoke with some of the 50 new nurses who had orientation at the facility yesterday, but many of them said they did not want to speak much on the issue. They noted, however, that they were the second batch of nurses going through the orientation process this week.
Other healthcare staff said while the situation at the hospital was better than it was on the weekend, when the sickout action was initiated, there still remains an issue with nurses not showing up for work. One medical staff said patients on wards where nurses did not show up for duty were being transferred to other wards with nurses to manage the situation.
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