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Ninety employees of the Academisch Ziekenhuis Paramaribo (AZP), including nurses<\/a> and support staff, received their land allocation decisions on Friday, October 2. Through the issuance, the government aims to contribute to retaining healthcare personnel in Suriname. AZP director Claudia Marica-Redan also called attention to employees still awaiting their decisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

T<\/span>he documents were handed over in the hospital auditorium. Minister Stephen Tsang of Openbare Werken en Ruimtelijke Ordening (OWRO, Public Works and Spatial Planning), speaking on behalf of President Jennifer Simons, emphasised the commitment of healthcare providers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs nursing staff, you form the backbone of our healthcare system,\u201d Tsang said. He expressed his appreciation for employees who, despite the challenges in Suriname, have remained to care for patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the decision, the state not only gives you the right to a plot of land, but also the recognition and appreciation you deserve,\u201d the minister said. He called on the beneficiaries not to sell the allocated state land, but to use it to build their own home and a future for their families.<\/p>\n

Retaining healthcare personnel<\/h3>\n

Minister Andr\u00e9 Misiekaba of Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Arbeid (VWA, Health, Welfare and Labour) described the issuance as part of a joint government effort to curb the outflow of healthcare personnel. According to him, retaining employees requires more than just a better salary.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause you may receive a better salary, but if you have to pay 300 euros in rent from it, then you are still not fully helped,\u201d Misiekaba told those present. He called on society to show more understanding and support for healthcare providers, given their crucial role in receiving and treating patients.<\/p>\n

Minister Stanley Soeropawiro of Grondbeleid en Bosbeheer (GBB<\/a>) emphasised that a plot of land provides security and creates opportunities for personal development and housing. According to him, hard work has been done in recent months to make the issuance possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cLand is life. With a plot of land on which you have security, you know that you can build on it,\u201d Soeropawiro said.<\/p>\n

Attention also for employees still waiting<\/h3>\n

AZP director Marica-Redan pointed to the consequences of healthcare providers leaving for the hospital. She believes that employees must be given concrete prospects to build their future in Suriname.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know what that brain drain has done to us. We see the consequences in the hospital. And that is why we must not only talk about how we can retain our healthcare workers. We must also offer them prospects to remain in Suriname,\u201d the director said.<\/p>\n

Marica-Redan thanked the government for the issuance and expressed the hope that further initiatives would follow to support healthcare employees. She reminded the government that other AZP staff members are still awaiting their land allocation decisions and asked that their applications also be handled expeditiously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ninety AZP employees received their land allocation decision as recognition and an incentive to retain healthcare staff in Suriname. At the same time, a group of colleagues is still waiting for their decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":192473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1158244960706604":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1093738170500407":"","facebook_29234516172805655_108923581283702":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[18249],"tags":[23160,23339,23338,20493,16291,20032,16292],"class_list":["post-192582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-azp","tag-decision","tag-gbb","tag-healthcare-staff","tag-key-news","tag-nieuws","tag-suriname"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194089,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192582\/revisions\/194089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}