Dear Editor,
What’s happening at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare?
Well, is the ministry of Health and Social Welfare in a limbo to absorb the human resources needed for the service delivery for a better health care for our people? It is almost six months since graduates from the School of Community Health Nursing, School of Public Health and School of Registered Nursing and Midwifery cannot be employed by the ministry which has vowed to deliver better health care to the door steps of every Gambian.
I wonder what the authorities are doing to resolve this issue. The Ministry of Health & Social Welfare claimed to have a directive from the Personal Management Office (PMO) to not employ anyone until January 2018 due to overstaffing. As a matter of fact, the public facilities are in dare need for health workers ranging from nurses to public health officers in all the regions of the country.
As for my little knowledge about financial budgeting, their cannot be any employment for this graduates till January 2018 due to the fact that the budgeting for the next half of the year is said to be exhausted. 90% of this graduates are sponsored by the government and most of them have started applying for private sector employment which is a great loss to the government.
I wonder how the future of the graduates from this three health institutions will look like and how funds spent on them by the government will be wasted. Now is the time for a better decision to be made to avoid this situation. Better late than never, think about it!
From a Concerned Citizen.
