Marcos admin focuses on boosting PH healthcare system, hiring more Filipino nurses

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00:00There is a serious dearth in the nation's existing number of health care professionals

00:04and per the president's directive the private sector advisory council and ched have stepped

00:08up with programs to help board non-passers and underboards find jobs and review classes.

00:14Our Alan Francisco has more.

00:19One of the priorities of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.'s administration is strengthening the

00:24country's health care system. Hence, the government is focusing on the need for additional nurses in

00:29the country by hiring more Filipino health care professionals. This was discussed in a meeting

00:34between President Marquez and the private sector advisory council health care sector group and

00:39other government agencies. According to PISA, the ongoing clinical care associates program

00:45helps nursing graduates who did not pass the exam find employment. The commission on higher

00:49education has also developed a program that encourages the public and private sectors

00:54to find nursing underboards and enroll them in a review program so they can take the test.

00:59For a nurse like Rances, the government's review program is a great help for those who

01:03want to pursue nursing.

01:29Meanwhile, records show an increase in nursing board passers since 2022 compared to pre-COVID

01:38years due to recalibrated curriculum. There is also the Balik Nurse Program and the Test That

01:43Ched Credit Transfer Program. The Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Migrant

01:48Workers are also in talks with other countries for bilateral agreements wherein Filipino nursing

01:53students can be hired eventually. Local governments are also in the Adapt-a-Hospital

01:59Program. Alan Francisco from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.