Correspondent|Government will soon introduce an online application system for trainee nurses as a measure to curb corruption in the recruitment process, an official has said.

Speaking at the Harare Hospital school of nursing and midwifery graduation and prize giving ceremony, Health and Child care minister Obadiah Moyo said aspiring nursing candidates were having to pay $2000 in bribes.

“There will be an introduction of a new enrolment system instead of people having to write letters,” he said.

“We have to move with the times, and we are going to be introducing the online system of application which will ensure reduction of corruption in recruitment.

“People are having to pay $2000 in order to become nurses and we condemn that, we are not going to watch people being corrupt and we shall ensure that through the online systems, the corruption rate will come down to zero,” he said

Speaking on the same occasion, Harare Hospital Chief Executive officer Nyasha Masuka said in the mean time the hospital was introducing strict measures to combat corruption.

“We will do a public lottery where we will pick the applications and those applicants will be given candidate numbers so that nobody knows their name and then we will have a panelist who are also selected anonymously so that people who interview those applicants do not know them or have no connection with them.”