Hajj Committee to screen medical staff for upcoming 2014 pilgrimage

The National Hajj Committee would this Saturday conduct interviews for nurses who intend to serve on its medical team for the 2014 pilgrimage. 

The interview would be made-up of a five-member panel of doctors and officials of the Hajj Committee whose names are yet to be announced. 

This is the second time the Hajj Committee is organizing interviews for medical staff who intend to serve on the Hajj team since Alhaji Ibrahim Abdul Rauf Tanko took charge of the affairs of the committee. 

The basic requirements for the applicants are that they should be registered medical professionals with at least five years or more experience and between the ages of 27 to 45 years. 

Speaking to newsmen in Accra, Alhaji Tanko said the interview is the right channel to select members of the medical team in order to ensure quality of health delivery to the pilgrims. 

He said the applicant nurses would be questioned on community, eye, psychiatric health and general knowledge. 

Alhaji Tanko said panel members would also inspect the originality of the certificates of all applicants. 

He said the preferred drugs to be sent to Saudi Arabia, would be examined by the Narcotics Control Board and Food and Drugs Authority for approval. 

GNA