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St. Luke's offers perks to keep nurses in PH

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Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Staff nurses claim their gifts and participate in different activities during the Nurses’ Week celebration at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City on June 6, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/06/06/20220606-st-lukes-nurses-week-md-9-s.jpg"/><figcaption>Staff nurses claim their gifts and participate in different activities during the Nurses’ Week celebration at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City on June 6, 2022. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — In an attempt to entice nurses to stay in the Philippines for work, St. Luke&#x27;s Medical Center in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) held a job fair promising perks to new hires.</p><p>The job fair, held in celebration of Nurses Week this year, promises newly hired nurses a P10,000 signing bonus, free groceries, and free condotel lodging for six months, among others.</p><p>St. Luke&#x27;s Medical Center chief nurse Ma. Martina Geraldine Dimalibot said the job fair is an &quot;aggressive strategy&quot; to address what she called a worldwide manpower concern.</p><p>She noted that even private hospitals in the country are experiencing a fast turnover of nurses, as countries like the United Kingdom have begun easing their nursing requirements and even waiving work experience requirements.</p><p>For new hires outside Metro Manila, the hospital will also be offering free one-way plane tickets to the capital. </p><p>New nurses will also be given branded rubber shoes, bags, and shirts, which they can use for work.</p><p>Among the applicants was 26-year-old Jemae Soller, who quit medical school for her first professional job in the hospital.</p><p>Soller, together with her fellow applicants, will have to undergo orientations and trainings before officially joining St. Luke’s.</p><p>She said she is thinking of staying with the hospital for some time before trying to apply abroad. But for now, she sees herself helping local patients.</p><p>Dimalibot said nurses who are already working at St. Luke&#x27;s were also given gift baskets containing steaks and wines, milk tea, and vouchers to buy branded rubber shoes. </p><p>Among those who received the said perks is Luilyn Sindac, who has been working in the hospital for 10 years now. </p><p>A former flight attendant, Sindac took a career shift after passing the nursing board exam.</p><p>She said perks given to nurses like them uplift them.</p><p>Sindac also said that during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital took care of its employees, herself included.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1687021" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

New hires at St. Luke's BGC are set to receive a P10,000 signing bonus, free groceries, and free condotel lodging for six months, among others.

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St. Luke's offers perks to keep nurses in PH

Zandro Ochona,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 06, 2022 09:22 PM PHT

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Updated June 07, 2022 01:58 AM PHT

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