90 stranded Indian nurses in UAE from Kerala land jobs with top Abu Dhabi health-care firm

  • Date: 25-May-2021
  • Source: Gulf News
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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90 stranded Indian nurses in UAE from Kerala land jobs with top Abu Dhabi health-care firm

Dubai: In a heartwarming gesture to accommodate 90 of the 300 stranded Indian nurses, VPS Healthcare announced their recruitment in their health care workforce at VPS Abu Dhabi. It may be recalled that on March 10, 300 nurses were duped by a recruiting agency with the promise of jobs and found themselves stranded, without food and pay. UAE health care providers has magnanimously offered jobs to all and many health care groups were able to absorb the nurses. In this case, nine male and 81 female nurses have got jobs. Currently they will be working as patient support staff or service assistants and VPS Healthcare has assured to assist them to write the examination here to obtain the relevant health care licence to practice as registered nurses in the UAE. Many of the nurses who faced uncertainty for over a month after being part of an international job scam are relieved to be able to be absorbed in hospitals in the UAE. Speaking at length to , some of the nurses narrated how they were touched by the UAE's generosity during these times and were happy to be able to provide financial support to their families back home. Amruta Antony,