By Pemphero Malimba:
The Ministry of Health has recruited at least 150 new healthcare workers to be stationed in health facilities across the country after removing those who did not meet criteria during a recent recruitment exercise.
Principal Secretary for Health Samson Mndolo indicates, in a statement, that the recruitment follows the sieving of candidates that appeared on the selection list but did not meet the eligibility criteria.
This comes in the wake of recent walk-in interviews that were held across the country.
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The newly recruited healthcare workers include nursing officers, community midwife assistants and medical assistants, with Mndolo indicating that they have been tapped from a reserve list they made during the recent recruitment process.
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“The ministry therefore wishes to inform the general public that it has completed the process for the post of nursing officers (Grade HL), community midwife assistant (Grade HL) and medical assistant (Grade HL),” Mndolo says.
He says the process of replacing other ineligible cadres is underway.
Meanwhile, National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi President Shouts Simeza has commended the ministry for undertaking the process.
“This is the type and relationship we have been looking for. We appreciate where we are coming from, when we have been pushing the government to recruit an additional health workforce and all that effort has yielded fruit,” Simeza said.
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However, quality health advocate Maziko Matemba said there is a need for the ministry to improve its recruitment processes.
“Healthcare requires people that are qualified,” Matemba said.
Early this year, the ministry recruited at least 5,868 healthcare workers.
However, the recruitment process attracted a barrage of criticism, with some quarters faulting some town, municipal and city councils for hiring people who were not even shortlisted for interviews.
