The continuous migration of licensed nurses abroad for higher compensation could leave the country “nurseless” by 2026 or 2028, Health Secretary Ted Herbosa warned on Tuesday. Herbosa, who is pushing to tap the pool of nursing graduates who failed to pass the board exam, stressed that the problem needs an immediate solution. “That is why I am focusing on it as early as now because if we do not do anything, I can see that in a few more years, maybe three or five years, we will run out of nurses,” he said.

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