The Aweil Health Sciences Institute in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State over the weekend graduated 149 students who completed 3-year courses in clinical medicine, midwifery, and nursing.
The Director-General at the state health ministry, Dr. Aleu Pioth Akot, told Radio Tamazuj on Monday that the new health workers are working at public hospitals, health centers, and health units across the state and have helped address the shortage of health personnel.
“Yes, we have graduated 149 students who completed 3-year courses last Saturday,” he said. “There is a great impact because all of them are working at major hospitals, health centers, and health units at the state level and this indicates that there is a positive impact in the health sector in the state.”
One of the graduates, Natalina Andrea Marko from the midwifery department, expressed happiness and said they decided to be medical carders to contribute to nation-building and improving community health.
“My feeling of joy is unmeasurable because I have struggled for years and consider it as a national service to our mothers because I studied midwifery and I will be ready to rescue lives of mothers and children,” she said. “I started the course in 2020 and it was not easy in the beginning but I managed. I want to thank God, those who supported me and the institute’s administration plus the community for their tireless encouragement to go ahead with education.”
Another graduate, Luka Lual Aleu, said they are ready to serve anywhere.
“When we graduate like this, the government will employ the quailed midwives, clinical officers, and nurses in all the counties and other unreachable areas to ensure good delivery of health services,” he stated.
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