GOVERNOR Aurora Cerilles praised the 90 volunteers of the Nurses Assigned in Rural Service (NARS) for their dedication, hard work and service to the rural areas.
During the culmination ceremony of Project NARS Training Program Batch-I at the Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center (ZSMC), the governor likewise extended her admiration to the said volunteer-nurses for their sacrifices.
Cerilles added that enlisting under the program was a privilege and that the certificate of work experience being given to those who labored will vouch sure employment if ever they wish to look for greener pastures abroad or elsewhere.
It was learned that the 90 nurses composing the first batch is 40 short of the 130 quota for Zamboanga del Sur.
The lack of applicants, according to DOLE Provincial Director Virginia Bonbon is the lure of employment in Saudi Arabia, which is hiring nurses with or without experience.
The NARS program is President Gloria Arroyo’s strategy to cushion the impact of global financial crisis by employing new registered nurses who will help improve the delivery of health care services in rural areas.
Under the NARS program, applicants must be not over 35 years old with no nursing-related practice for the past three years with valid license from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
A collaborative effort of DOLE, DOH, PRC and Board of Nursing, nurses employed under NARS program will receive a stipend of P8,000 a month from DOLE.
In Zamboanga del Sur, the Provincial Government through the Public Employment Service Office headed by Tyrone Singgo as manager, has assisted DOLE in scouting applicants from the 26 municipalities of the province.
The nurses dispatched to their respective stations or in rural health units have undertaken various responsibilities in health services like the giving of Vitamin A capsules and deworming to children.
The second batch of nurses working for NARS will go on active duty from October to March 2010, Bonbon disclosed.
REPORT BY MICHAEL MEDINA
During the culmination ceremony of Project NARS Training Program Batch-I at the Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center (ZSMC), the governor likewise extended her admiration to the said volunteer-nurses for their sacrifices.
Cerilles added that enlisting under the program was a privilege and that the certificate of work experience being given to those who labored will vouch sure employment if ever they wish to look for greener pastures abroad or elsewhere.
It was learned that the 90 nurses composing the first batch is 40 short of the 130 quota for Zamboanga del Sur.
The lack of applicants, according to DOLE Provincial Director Virginia Bonbon is the lure of employment in Saudi Arabia, which is hiring nurses with or without experience.
The NARS program is President Gloria Arroyo’s strategy to cushion the impact of global financial crisis by employing new registered nurses who will help improve the delivery of health care services in rural areas.
Under the NARS program, applicants must be not over 35 years old with no nursing-related practice for the past three years with valid license from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
A collaborative effort of DOLE, DOH, PRC and Board of Nursing, nurses employed under NARS program will receive a stipend of P8,000 a month from DOLE.
In Zamboanga del Sur, the Provincial Government through the Public Employment Service Office headed by Tyrone Singgo as manager, has assisted DOLE in scouting applicants from the 26 municipalities of the province.
The nurses dispatched to their respective stations or in rural health units have undertaken various responsibilities in health services like the giving of Vitamin A capsules and deworming to children.
The second batch of nurses working for NARS will go on active duty from October to March 2010, Bonbon disclosed.
REPORT BY MICHAEL MEDINA