DOH to hire nursing assistants

The Department of Health (DOH) will rent nursing assistants to assist handle the nurse scarcity in authorities hospitals. 

In a report by Lei Alviz on “24 Oras Weekend” on Saturday, there are currently over 4,000 vacancies for government nurses. 

“Mayroon nang ganoong proposal as a result of they’ve been learning this drawback on the way to increase well being human useful resource. It’s Salary Grade 9, in order that’s about P20,000 yung wage per thirty days. It’s the one being provided as an answer, so I mentioned that is going to go ahead. It shall be open to nurses who graduated 4 years of faculty however are nonetheless awaiting to cross the exams,” said Health Secretary Ted Herbosa.

Meanwhile, the Filipino Nurses United (FNU) said nursing assistants would be a big help.

“Napakahirap din sa nurses kung wala silang nursing aides o nursing assistants,” said FNU secretary general Jocelyn Andamo.

However, the DOH clarified that the plan to employ nursing graduates who failed the board exam would not be shelved.

On June 19, Herbosa expressed his plan to take in unlicensed nursing graduates to work for the government, given that they pass the board exam after a certain period of time.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) previously said that the DOH secretary cannot issue temporary work permits to unlicensed nurses based on the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002.

“Maybe it is a authorized roadblock however I believe we will hurdle it via both an modification within the laws for particular function, the truth that exigency of the scenario the place we’re implementing the Universal Health Care Act and naturally we wish to implement well being for all. We want quite a lot of nurses to really present care,” mentioned Herbosa.

The DOH can even meet with the PRC and the Department of Labor and Employment to debate the scarcity of nurses on account of migration, in accordance with the report. —Sherylin Untalan/VBL, GMA Integrated News