Job guarantee after nursing training college which is one of the baits that attract people to the profession will no longer exist from 2018 according to the Health Minister.

Alex Segbefia said nurses trainees will have to apply and justify their suitability for the jobs that will be available in the health sector. They will have to join the job market just as any other graduate from any tertiary institution. 

The Minister of Health Alex Segbefia made these comment during a public sensitization forum held in Ho for the conversion of the Volta Regional Hospital into a Teaching Hospital.

Alex Segebfia was responding to concerns raised by some participants over the motivation for nurses who will be working in the hospital after it has been converted into a Teaching Hospital. 

The hospital is expected to be re-designated as a Teaching Hospital by the end of September 2016.

The forum was to engage various stakeholders in the process of converting the Volta Regional Hospital popularly called 'Trafalgar' into a Teaching Hospital.

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