96 THE NURSING SERVICE.

Improved terms for sisters have been approved and are now in operation.

The intention is to have sisters serving under two separate categories.

(i) Sisters serving for a period of two years, commonly extended to four years, and leaving with a gratuity at the end of this period.

(ii) Sisters selected from these as possessing certain special qualifications including knowledge of the Arabic language and aptitude for work among native women, who are invited to stay on for a further period of six years.

Nurses are now stationed as follows : — Khartoum . . Matron.

Outpatient Sister 3 Sisters. Atbara ’. .. 1 Sister.

Port Sudan .. . . 1 Sister.

Wad Medani .. 1 Sister.

Omdarman .. 1 Sister working under the Matron of the Nurses Training School.

An additional sister has been approved for work at Wad Medani civil hospital.