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In an effort to persuade nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers to remain in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Wednesday that it is looking into standardizing the pay for these professionals.

In response to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s order to address the lack of nurses caused by migration, which impedes the delivery of quality healthcare in the nation, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire issued the statement.

According to Vergeire, the DOH is also evaluating the progress of proposed laws such as the Philippine Nursing Act and the Magna Carta for Public Health Care Workers, both of which aim to increase benefits and safeguard the welfare of medical personnel.

The President requested specific action from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) during the meeting with the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) Healthcare Sector group on Wednesday at Malacaan Palace.

“We must be resourceful with regard to the healthcare workforce. In reference to nurses leaving the country for countries with a higher salaries, Marcos said, “Our nurses are the best; buong mundo na ang kalaban natin dito (and we are up against the rest of the world).”

He continued, “All the Presidents and Prime Ministers I have spoken to are asking for more nurses from the Philippines. Lahat ng nakakausap kong President, Prime Minister, ang hinihingi.”

CHED Chairperson Prospero de Vera III responded to the President by stating that the department is already implementing interventions to address the shortage, including retooling board unsuccessful candidates, adopting nursing curricula with exit credentials, rerouting non-practicing nurses, and holding exchange programs with other nations.

According to De Vera’s report to the PSAC Health Sector group, “under the nursing curriculum with exit credentials, students could have several options: exit at the end of Level I or II, obtain the certificate or diploma in Nursing, or choose to continue and finish the four-year nursing program to become a registered nurse.

De Vera stated that in order to alleviate the shortage of instructors in nursing and medical schools, CHED is also developing a flexible short-term master’s program.

Sabin Aboitiz, president and chief executive officer of Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc., Paolo Maximo Borromeo, president and the executive officer of Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc., and Fr. Molecular biologist and Filipino-American Nicanor Austriaco Jr., as well as CEO of Medicard Philippines, Inc., Dr. Nicanor Montoya, are both members of the healthcare sector.

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