Indonesian Nurses Were Accepted in Japan; Pinoy Nurses in Japan to follow?
Japan has open its doors Indonesian nurses and caregivers. About 200 of them set foot on Japanese soil to help fill up the need for labor shortages in the healthcare industry.
Japan, known to be very stringent in their immigration laws, has finally succumbed to the needs of its aging population and admitted to the world they need the help of their Asian neighbors to take care of their old and sick population.
These Indonesian nurses are part of the 1,000 strong contingent slated to go to Japan within the next 2 years after the free trade pact took effect between the two countries on July 1. These Indonesian nurses are expected to work full time in hospitals and nursing-care facilities. They are expected to be trained for six months to learn the Japanese language before starting to work as nurses.
This is good news for the Indonesian nurses. We are hoping the same can be reached between the Philippines and Japan in the very near future to help boost the demand of our nurses worldwide.
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Overseas Jobs for Pinoy Nurses are Dwindling as Demand for Filipino Nurses Slows Down Abroad
The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) has announced that job opportunities for Filipino Nurses who wants to work abroad is getting slimmer by the day.
In a recent interview with PNA President Dr. Leah Samaco-Paquiz, such decline in demand for Filipino nurses is brought about by several factors which includes the changes in policy in destination countries, the oversupply situation and quality problems and doubts on Pinoy nurses.
The United States and United Kingdom are major destination for Filipino nurses in the past but these 2 countries are now closing their doors slowly to our nurses. The US Visa retrogression and the UK Policy change on immigrants are to be blamed for this issue. These countries will soon prefer to hire local nurses rather than recruit from overseas like the Philippines.
It’s a sad news for all nursing students out there who are still hopeful to leave the country as soon as they pass the local board and other series of tests in the nursing profession. This would have a very debilitating impact on the local nursing profession very soon if these nurses can’t go anywhere then the where will these future nursing graduates work?
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