Philippines nurse exodus leaves hospitals short-staffed; meagre pay and poor working conditions among issues for leaving


MANILA, May 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Ronald Ignacio became a nurse at the height of the Philippines' nursing boom in 2008, when there were not enough jobs in the health system for the many thousands of newly qualified nurses.

At first, he struggled to find a job, so instead worked on a farm for two years. Ignacio eventually landed a job as a nurse in a private hospital in the capital, Manila, in 2010.

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