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Poverty can easily be blamed for this, but another reason is the continuous migration of health workers abroad in search of better pay.


According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report, only 50 percent of the total Philippine population of more than 84 million have access to health care. This despite government efforts to provide health care services to every Filipino.


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Dr. Fely Marilyn Lorenzo, Technical Committee on Nursing Education head, said for the past five years, the schools registered below a 30-percent passing rate on the board exams.


Lorenzo said at present, "the Philippines is the best source of professional nurses worldwide... but many countries are threatening that position."


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The planned aptitude test, which would be given by the Commission on Higher Education, would cover doctors and graduates of four-year college courses who intend to take up nursing.


The committee has recommended that the special program allowing  doctors to get a nursing degree in two years be discontinued. 


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Dr. Fely Marilyn Lorenzo, director of the University of the Philippines’ Institute of Health Policy and Development and chairwoman of the inter-agency Technical Committee on Nursing Education, said a number of Filipino "nursing-medics" were turned away by foreign hospitals for interfering with treatment procedures.


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One of 2 Filipinos dies without getting access to health care

April 20, 2006 - 12:00am

One of every two Filipinos afflicted with a life-threatening disease will die without getting a chance to be examined by a medical professional. Poverty can easily be blamed for this, but another reason is the continuous...

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Nursing programs of 32 schools targeted for phaseout

By Sheila Crisostomo | March 3, 2006 - 12:00am

Nursing programs at 32 schools will be phased out by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) this coming school year because of poor performance by their graduates on the board examinations, an official said yesterday. Dr....

Metro

Entrance exam recommended for prospective nursing students

October 16, 2005 - 12:00am

High school graduates would have to take an examination before being allowed to enroll in a nursing course next year, if the government adopts a proposal of the Technical Committee on Nursing Education. The planned...

Headlines

‘RP doctors-turned-nurses overstepping duties’

By Sheila Crisostomo | October 12, 2005 - 12:00am

Some Filipino doctors who went abroad to work as nurses have been sent back home for trying to do the work of doctors though they were hired as nurses, an expert said yesterday. Dr. Fely Marilyn Lorenzo, director...

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