During the meeting of the health sector, headed by Paolo Maximo Borromeo of Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Marcos supported proposals to incentivize training for the country’s health professionals. | NCorralesINQ /PDI
“They are so good, everybody wants them. And they are willing to pay for it, and we are not, or we’re not able. So we have to come up with some strategies for that,” he said.According to the President, one of the programs that could help keep doctors, nurses, and other medical practitioners from leaving the country is to provide them with scholarships.
Under the program, UP Manila offers a two-year scholarship for midwives who, upon course completion, come back to the community to serve.The program effectively cuts the study period for midwifery and nursing in half, without sacrificing knowledge of the required real-world skills.“So this ladderized program, there is this counterpart with local government. So we now have a couple of local governments that we have piloted this with,” Vergeire said.
Borromeo said the Tesda has been offering a six-month nursing aide course and has produced graduates who could be deployed in hospitals after a few months. Data from the DOH showed that there are 617,000 licensed nurses in the country, with 28 percent working in both public and private health facilities, or about 172,000.
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