GOVERNMENT has finally started recruiting 2 000 nurses in a move that will reduce the number of qualified nurses who do not have jobs in the country by half.

In a statement yesterday, the Health Services Board (HSB) said nurses would be recruited in three batches, this month, in July and in September this year.

The HSB said nurses seeking employment must be registered with the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe.

The recruitment of nurses follows Treasury’s approval to lift a job freeze in the health sector.

“The Health Services Board as the employer of Public Health Workers has begun deploying Registered General Nurses within the Health Sector. The deployment will be in three phases, with the first group on nurses assuming duty in April, the second on July 1 and the final in September this year.