House health panel chair urges CHED to lift moratorium on new nursing programs
House health panel chair urges CHED to lift moratorium on new nursing programs By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published May 17, 2021 6:02pm House Committee on Health chairperson Rep. Angelina "Helen" Tan on Monday urged the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to lift the moratorium on the opening of new programs for nursing, citing the lack of nurses in the country amid the pandemic. "The role of nurses in our health care system cannot be over-emphasized, not only in delivering quality health care but as well as in achieving our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)," Tan, who is als...