The provincial government is setting up a health care recruitment desk in southwestern India, similar to that established in Poland to help Ukrainian refugees.
Premier 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 desk in the Karnataka state of India is a focused effort to recruit from an area that has similar training practices as NL.
Instruction in the city of Bengaluru, where the desk is located, is done entirely in English.@VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/AUEVqihtvA
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He says the team, including a representative of the College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador, will establish a desk in Bengaluru (Bangalore). The College rep will help to oversee licensure in a “quick and efficient fashion.”
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 get a few years experience and move on when he first moved to NL from India. He fell in love with the province and has since moved his entire family to NL.@VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/bnKDOZNX0n
— Noah Sheppard (@SheppardNoah14) November 3, 2022
