COLOMBO, March 2 -- Sri Lanka is preparing to send hundreds of nurses to join hospitals in Saudi Arabia in 2024, the Ministry of Labor said on Friday.
The first phase of the recruitment process took place in Colombo this week and was overseen by the Saudi Ministry of Health and Sri Lanka's Labor and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara.
"Saudi Arabia is looking for medical and paramedical staff from countries such the Philippines, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka to meet the growing demand of this sector in the Kingdom," Sanjay Nallaperuma, media secretary of the Ministry of Labor and Foreign Employment, told Arab News.
"Initially, they want to recruit 1,000 nurses in a phased operation throughout the next 12 months." Ninety-five nurs...