A further 10 nurses from Meghalaya could soon be hired by a Japanese healthcare provider, joining the more than 40 that are already working abroad under a state government initiative.
Alive Healthcare Centre in Tokyo has shown interest to hire 10 nurses from Meghalaya. A delegation led by Health and Family Welfare Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh is currently on an official visit to Japan and visited Alive Healthcare Centre, which caters to care for the elderly, to discuss the organisation’s plan.
“The delegation met with the president of the organisation and discussed the organisation’s desire to hire 10 nurses from Meghalaya. The organisation will visit Shillong on September 17 as part of a job fair to recruit these nurses,” Lyngdoh said.
To support the nurses that have secured employment abroad, the Meghalaya government provided a grant of Rs 50,000 to them.
Lyngdoh has been accompanied on her trip by Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, Ram Kumar. Yesterday they visited the Tsurumaki Onsen Hospital to meet with three nurses from Meghalaya working there as well as the director of the institution. The delegation interacted with the nurses and also enquired about their wellbeing in Japan.
Today, the delegation called upon the Indian Ambassador to Japan.
Lyngdoh, who is also in charge of the Agriculture Department, will travel to Kurihara-shi in Miyagi prefecture on Thursday to visit a farm in order to gain more information on the cultivation of shiitake mushroom, the growth of which the Meghalaya government is also encouraging.
The farm is run by Yats Corp Pvt Ltd, with which the Meghalaya government signed an agreement in 2019 for promotion in shiitake cultivation in the state.
