MANILA- Two Filipina nurses
successfully passed the Gesundheits-und Krankenpflegerin, Germany’s official
state examination for nurses, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
reported yesterday.
According to DOLE Secretary
Rosalinda Baldoz, "The future of Filipino nurses in Germany looks bright
with the initial success of nurses Krystel Anne Sumido and Eowyn Galvez, who
were hired under the Triple Win Project through the POEA (Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration)".
“This is a happy development
because two Filipinos have achieved the record of being the first Filipino
nurses to have passed as Qualified Nurses,” Baldoz added.
Meanwhile, of the 225 nurses
under the said program, there are 70 Filipino nurses undergoing language class
A1 and A2, and 114 others either waiting for language training, waiting for
employers or waiting to be deployed.
“The challenge at hand is getting
other qualified employers who can sustain the benchmark that has been
established by the hospitals which started participating in Triple Win,” Hans
Cacdac, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief, noted.
Cacdac, said they were looking
for more employers who are similarly willing to invest in foreign nurses and
pay for the costs involved in the nurses’ study of the German language, which
they need in order to be deployed with the help of 2 agencies: BA’s
International Placement Services (ZAV) and German Agency for International
Cooperation (GIZ).
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