The World Health Organization recommends a ratio of 27 nurses per 10,000 population. In the Philippines, there are only 16 nurses per 10,000. The southeast Asian country would need an additional 127,000 nurses to meet the WHO target, the Health Ministry said.
Entry-level nurses in private hospitals take home between 15,000 and 25,000 Philippine pesos a month, about the same as new teachers, but less than junior police officers. But it is a far cry from nurses' average monthly salary of $3,000 in the US and 2,000 pounds in the UK. FILE PHOTO
Several wards are closed in the hospital where Ignacio now works because of a shortage of nurses. Even emergency patients have to wait days for a bed. The southeast Asian country would need an additional 127,000 nurses to meet the WHO target, the Health Ministry said. At the end of 2022, some 170,000 nurses were working in private and public health facilities in the country, while more than 290,000 licensed nurses had left for other careers, the Health Ministry said.
Howard Catton, chief executive officer of the International Council of Nurses, a global federation of nurses' associations, was alarmed that even health officials in the Philippines are now "expressing concern about shortages at home". Jean Franco is a political science professor at the University of the Philippines who has studied nurse migration in Asia. She said inter-governmental agreements could be useful in setting ethical recruitment standards.
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