Duque Says Only 25 Nurses Applied for DOH Emergency Hiring

Only 25 Nurses Applied for DOH Emergency Hiring, Health Secretary Duque Says

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that only 25 nurses have applied for DOH emergency hiring program.

Duque appealed to healthcare workers to grab the emergency hiring program of the Department of Health amid the health crisis in the country. He said that around 1,000 nurses were haltered from working abroad but only 25 applied for the job opening.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration issued Governing Board Resolution No. 09-2020 suspends the deployment of 14 categories of health personnel due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ban aims to provide enough health workers in the country.

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“I am appealing to our nurses. I appeal to the sense of nationalism, to the sense of patriotism of every healthcare worker, we are still in war. We are in World War C and we need to work together to win,” Duque said.

However, Filipino Nurses United secretary-general Jocelyn Andamo urged the government not to hold back nurses from working abroad especially to those who have contracts in the other countries.

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Earlier this week, the Health Department reported that around 7,849 slots have been occupied out of 10,468 posts.

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