MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is looking to tap over 4,000 former overseas nurses who have returned to the Philippines in a bid to augment the current health workforce in the country.
Former Labor Secretary and now DOLE consultant Marianito Roque said in an online press briefing on Wednesday that most of the 4,610 nurses have returned home after their clinics abroad have closed. He added that most of the nurses have come from the Middle East.
Roque said they learned about the over 4,000 nurses who are now in the Philippines while checking the registry of DOLE’s OFW Assistance Information System (OASIS), which so far contains the names of arou…
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