OFFICIAL of one of the nursing schools in Davao City revealed Wednesday that more Filipino nurses will soon be hired to work in various hospitals and nursing home institutions in The Netherlands.
This was according to Dr. Ruben Robillo, vice president of the Philippine Paramedical Technical School of Davao (PPTS), after conducting a successful venture in the Netherlands recently.
"PPTS initiated the Explore Program. It is the first in the Philippines where five Dutch nurses were sent to my hospital (Isaac Robillo General Hospital in Calinan) and seven of my nurses were also sent to Netherlands for training for 10 weeks," Robillo said in Wednesday's edition of Club 888 press forum. Robillo said the program was funded by the Dutch Ministry of Finance in the Netherlands. He said the seven nurses from Davao City arrived from the Netherlands on November 17 and 18.
Robillo said the Dutch Government was so impressed with the performance of the Filipino nurses. With this, opening of employment for Filipino nurses in the same country is feasible.
"The Dutch Government has two basic requirements in hiring foreign nurses. First, the nurses should know how to speak their language, and second, they will only hire nurses from other countries if they run out of nurses," Robillo said.
"They protect their own workers kasi, but they claimed within two years kukulangin din sila ng nurses especially in nursing home institutions," he added.
"Pa-isa-isa lang ang mga Filipino nurses sa Netherlands and they managed to become Dutch citizens because they marry Dutch nationals," Robillo said.
He further said that early next year, another group of nurses from his hospital would go to the Netherlands for training. PPTS was established four years ago.
It is the first nursing school accredited by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) that offers 15 months of licensed nursing and two years of associate degree for nursing.
The school, located at corner Rizal and Bonifacio Streets, this city, also offers surgical technical courses. Robillo said that PPTS has branches in Iloilo City, Cebu, Pagadian, Las Piñas, Cagayan de Oro City, and will soon be opening another school in General Santos City and in Iligan City.
"PPTS in Davao City has 15 to 20 graduates every two months," he concluded.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2007/11/29/bus/netherlands.will.hire.more.pinoy.nurses.doc.html
3 comments:
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