The Central Java administration will dispatch 500 nurses to Suriname to meet increasing demands for medical professionals in several of the country'€™s hospitals.

Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo said the dispatch of the medical workers was at the request of the Suriname government.

'€œWhat they have specifically requested are nurses with kidney failure treatment skills. This is one of a number of agreements the Central Java administration and the Suriname government have made,'€ he said in Semarang on Monday.

To meet the demands, the governor said, the provincial administration would recruit new graduates from several nursing academies in Central Java.

'€œApart from medical workers, Suriname is also in need of accounting and banking specialists and more,'€ said Ganjar.

The governor explained the new plan to journalists after returning from a business trip to Germany, Suriname and the Netherlands from Sept. 27 to Oct. 9. During which he explored cooperation potential with the three countries.

During the visit, Ganjar said, the Central Java administration delegation also promoted prime commodities from the province and was striving to lock in cooperation in several fields, including culture, education, infrastructure, investment, tourism, trade and natural resources exploration.

Around 15 percent of Suriname'€™s 550,000 people are of Javanese descent. Their ancestors arrived in the country around 125 years ago as laborers for the Dutch colonial government. Today, the Javanese in Suriname still preserve their Javanese culture, including language and traditions. (ebf)(++++)

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