Gov't urged to regulate overseas employment of HCWs
(File photo) MANILA - The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPI) on Monday asked the government to regulate the overseas employment of healthcare workers (HCWs), especially nurses. PHAPI president Dr. Rene de Grano said in a televised public briefing that the major cause of declining numbers of HCWs is nurses leaving the country. "Siguro naman po ay dapat kontrolin ng gobyerno iyan. Hindi naman po naman namin sinasabi na i-stop o pigilan iyan (The government may need to control that. We're not saying to stop or control it)," he said. The number of nurses a...