How some Indian nurses in UAE fell victim to recruitment scams amid COVID-19 pandemic gulfnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gulfnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dubai: Hundreds of Indian nurses, whose plight after falling prey to a recruitment scam in the midst of COVID-19 came to light in May, got a new lease of life when private health care groups in the UAE offered them jobs within just a couple of weeks.
As reported by Gulf News earlier, around 230 of those nurses stranded here were offered jobs and a chance to secure their licence within the next three months.
While the generosity of health care establishments in the UAE saved the lives and careers of the nurses, what actually got them trapped begs a closer look.
UAE health-care groups rush to the rescue of Kerala nurses stranded due to COVID-19 job scam gulfnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gulfnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Job scam: Healthcare groups, clinics offer jobs to Kerala nurses stranded in UAE dhanusha@khaleejtimes.com Filed on May 19, 2021 | Last updated on May 19, 2021 at 10.44 pm
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The agents lured them with promises of high salaries and other perks.
Touched by the plight of hundreds of nurses who are stranded in the UAE after being duped by fraudulent recruitment agents, scores of private clinics and heads of healthcare groups, have come forward to assist them with jobs.
After a report was published in Khaleej Times on Tuesday, May 18, several heads of healthcare groups and private clinics have reached out to social groups and offered to open job vacancies for nurses in their institutions. It is said several hundred nurses are stranded in various Emirates across the UAE after falling victim to fake job offers posted by recruitment agents in Kerala.
Dubai: When the entire world was cheering their fellow nurses on the International Nurses Day earlier this month, Indian nurses Reena Rajan and Susan Saji were staring at an uncertain future.
They are among several nurses from the south Indian state of Kerala who have been stranded in the UAE after falling prey to a fake job scam devised by some recruitment agencies in the state.
Though hundreds of nurses have been reportedly duped after paying up to Rs350,000 to recruitment agencies, there is no clarity on the exact number of victims as most of them have not lodged complaints with the authorities, according to the Indian Consulate in Dubai.