A group of private hospitals expressed concern that there may not be enough healthcare workers in the country in the next few months, particularly nurses as they choose to work abroad due to higher compensation, according to the report of June Veneracion on "24 Oras"on Friday.
The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) bared that the salary of the nurses in the country is very low compared to other countries.
“Hindi naman po kasi kami humihingi ng sobra, ang hinihingi lang namin yung tama para sa ating mga nurses (We are not asking for too much, we are just asking for the right and just for our nurses),” Melbert Reyes, president of the PNA, said.
The PNA also said that there are some hospitals in the provinces where the nurses receive a salary of at least P8,000.
Meanwhile, the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines (PHAP) said the resignation of the nurses due to higher salary offered abroad has become a problem in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Baka few months from now eh maubusan talaga tayo ng ating mga healthcare workers especially nurses (Maybe a few months from now, we will really run out of healthcare workers, especially nurses),” said PHAP President Dr. Jose Rene De Grano said.
The hospitals in the country sought for the help of the national government as they admitted that they couldn’t match the salaries of health workers in other countries.
“Kung halimbawang hindi kaya ng isang private hospital na mag-provide ng ganoong kalaking sweldo, isa-subsidize ng government (If, for example, a private hospital is unable to provide such a large salary, the government will subsidize),” De Grano added.
The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Friday, Oct. 1 that at least You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., bringing the nationwide tally to 2,565,487, as five laboratories failed to submit data on time.