The provincial government is setting up a health care recruitment office in southwest India, similar to one set up in Poland to help Ukrainian refugees.
Prime Minister Andrew Furey says a recruitment team, including those who speak the language, will head to India in the coming weeks.
Immigration Minister Gerry Byrne says the new office in India’s Karnataka state is a focused effort to recruit from an area that has similar training practices to NL.
Directions in the city of Bengaluru, where the office is located, are entirely in [email protected] pic.twitter.com/AUEVqihtvA
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He says the team, including a representative from the College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador, will set up an office in Bengaluru (Bangalore). The College representative will help oversee licensing in a “quick and efficient manner.”
The announcement was made this morning at Southcott Hall in St. John’s with the Indian flag flying.
Director of Critical Care Services with Central Health, Rahul Parayil Girijappan says he intended to gain a few years’ experience and progress when he first moved to NL from India. He fell in love with the countryside and has since moved his whole family to [email protected] pic.twitter.com/bnKDOZNX0n
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