Association head outlines incentives to address shortfall of nurses
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A top nursing official believes that a variety of incentives need to be implemented by the relevant officials in order to address the migration of nurses in the country.
President of the Antigua and Barbuda Nurses Association (ABNA) Soria Dupie-Winston suggests that the availability of scholarships and even the offering of specialty nursing courses at the UWI Five Islands Campus could encourage nurses to remain in the country.
“I have spoken to several nurses and if this offered here, within two years of it being offered we will have our full quota of certified nurses,” she said yesterday as the ABNA observes Nurses Week.
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Entrepreneurs collaborate to donate much needed supplies to nurses
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The Antigua & Barbuda Nurses Association (ABNA) were on the receiving end of another example of goodwill during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Well known philanthropist, Nigel Pigott whose mother Bernice Pigott was a nurse in the government service for decades spearheaded a donation of supplies to the association.
According to a release, Pigott rallied a group of entrepreneurs, to include technology company QG Tech Ltd and Michael Joseph of Medicapharma supplies, while Doc Leyland Powell and ABNA President Soria Dupie-Winston were consulted for advice.
Herbert Joseph, Director of QG Tech Ltd, said the group acknowledged all organisations and departments that are working tirelessly to assist the country in getting through the Covid-19 pandemic and felt honoured to show their appreciation to the nurses.
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