Panaji: The cabinet on Wednesday approved the filling up of 178 staff nurse positions at Goa Medical College on a contractual basis to address the shortage of nurses presently being faced at the institute, chief minister Pramod Sawant said. Sawant also said that govt has approved a scheme on a pilot basis to allow nursing college students in two institutes to learn German as part of a skill upgradation programme.“To upskill Goa workforce to global standard, foreign language instruction in German will be provided on pilot basis during academic year 2026-2027,” said Sawant. Students of the state Institute of Nursing Education, Bambolim, and Sai Nursing Institute, Sanquelim, will benefit from the scheme.Sawant said that while filling up nursing posts at GMC, those who are on leave vacancies will continue and other posts will be filled.Two nurses will be appointed in the paediatric neurorehab centre in GMC, as per a cabinet approval, said the CM. Ex post facto approval for expenditure sanction for Rs 9.1 crore for the department of biochemistry, blood bank, and pathology at GMC was approved by the cabinet.Nod was also given for renewal of contract employment of doctors and staff of the department of cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery and cardiac anaesthesia at GMC for a further period of five years from 2026 to 2031.The cabinet gave its nod for creation of 16 posts in the new district collectorate of Kushavati and for transfer of 3,000 sq ms of land to drinking water department to set up a new plant for drinking water from water resources department.
