The arrival of 155 nurses from Ghana at the Grantley Adams International Airport on November 3, 2024, has further bolstered Barbados’ medical personnel.
Barbados’ Minister of Health and Wellness, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott, welcomed the group together with other authorities, including Adelaide Ntim, Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Health.
Since the beginning of a special healthcare collaboration in 2020, which was intended to alleviate the persistent nursing deficit in the nation, this is the third group of Ghanaian nurses to come in Barbados.
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first cohort of 95 nurses came, and in 2022, another 120 joined. Some of those nurses have made Barbados their permanent home, and many of them are still there.
According to Minister Walcott, the new nurses will be placed in a variety of specialized departments at Queen Elizabeth Hospital as well as primary care centers run by the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
These fields include geriatrics, psychiatric medicine, midwifery, cardiology, and accident and emergency rooms. He emphasized the expected impact of their experience by saying, “We’re looking for these nurses to help improve the overall delivery of our healthcare.”
Adelaide Ntim, Ghana’s Deputy Health Minister, praised the continued partnership with Barbados and emphasized the country’s plenty of nurses, many of whom are still unemployed.
She pointed out that Barbados’ healthcare system had previously seen the competence and commitment of nurses from the prior generations. Ms. Ntim said she had faith in the newcomers, saying they will also “deliver” excellent service.
