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Nurses constitute majority of employees in Health Ministry
A new Ministry of Health (MoH) study reveals that nurses form the largest body of employees in the Ministry with 12,420 nurses, out of which, 914 are Kuwaitis.
The Sabah Directorate have been found to have employed majority of nurses (4975), while the other nursing staff have been employed by various hospitals and health institutions across the remaining directorates.
It has also been reported that about 284 non-Kuwaiti nurses and 32 Kuwaiti nurses have recently resigned, while about 1717 non-Kuwaiti nurses and 71 Kuwaiti nurses have been recruited by the Ministry.
Speaking about recruitment, Dr. Yousef Al-Nisf, the Deputy Health Minister and Assistant for Supportive Medical Services Affairs, said that the Civil Service Commission has recently approved appointment of 2000 new non-Kuwaiti medical staff to work across medical centers, with 1500 being nurses.
Dr. Nasif said that with increasing number of nurses resigning from ministry posts, the MoH is now recruiting to increase nursing staff numbers, to ensure no shortages occurred.
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