The Lottery and the Ministry of Health will award scholarships to nursing students starting in the coming year • The head nurse: "Additional manpower will help the system meet the challenges"
Head of Nursing Director Shoshi Goldberg with Director of the Scholarships Division at Erez Granit
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Courtesy of the Lottery
As part of the effort to increase the proportion of nurses in Israel, the Lottery and the director of nursing at the Ministry of Health launched the "Stars of Lottery for Nursing" program yesterday (Tuesday), in which about 1,000 scholarships will be awarded to students studying nursing at a total cost of NIS 12 million.
The rate of nurses in the State of Israel is 4.9 nurses per thousand people, while the average in the OECD countries is 8.9.
The bodies hope to reach a goal of 6.2 through the project, which will be achieved if at least 4,000 students in all nursing training institutions start studying each year.
The scholarships are intended for first-year students or graduate academics who are at this stage of their studies in institutions of higher learning or in nursing schools.
The condition for their admission will be the performance of 60 years of volunteering in the community.
Dr. Shoshi Goldberg, Head of Nursing and Chief Nurse at the Ministry of Health: “We are constantly working to increase the number of nurses and siblings and this is a major goal for us.
"In these days of the health system dealing with the corona plague, the addition of nurses and siblings is significant and a huge contribution to the system's ability to deal with the challenges it faces."
Mifal Hapayis CEO Bnei Dreyfus: "As part of the national effort to increase the proportion of nurses in the State of Israel for the benefit of residents of local authorities throughout the country, Mifal Hapayis and the Ministry of Health will award thousands of scholarships to nursing schools and universities."
The purpose of the "Stars of Lottery for Nursing" project is to significantly increase the number of students and graduates in nursing, thus strengthening the medical system of the State of Israel and improving the medical service for all Israeli citizens.
I thank the Mifal Hapayis board of directors and the local government for their support for this important project and the Ministry of Health for the fruitful cooperation, with the hope that by 2025 we will reach the expected goal. "
