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Is the practice among hospitals to charge training fees by as much as P20,000 on nurses legal?

Eastern Samar Ben Evardone is urging the appropriate committee in the House of Representatives to look into this, raising alarm that hospitals, both government and private, may already be exploiting the nurses.

Evardone’s House Resolution No. 195

Government and private hospitals have exploited the situation by charging as much as P20,000 for a three-month training, hiring and deploying them to staff positions in graveyard shifts and without pay, forcing our helpless nurses to bite the bullet and thereby compounding their miseries

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The lifeblood of an enterprise is said to be finance. Accounting then could be considered the heart that controls, measures and distributes it so that the business survives and flourishes. Accounting provides a vital service to the business by supplying the information that will aid decision makers to make rational and critical choices to optimize utilization of scarce resources. The healthcare business operation is no different. Considering this it is important that key personnel in a healthcare business understand and interpret financial data and information. Unfortunately, many of the key people handling healthcare businesses do not have a firm grasps of accounting nor finance.

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Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) is an international coalition of hospitals and health care systems, medical professionals, community groups, health-affected constituencies, labor unions, environmental and environmental health organizations and religious groups that works to implement ecologically sound and healthy alternatives to health care practices that pollute the environment and contribute to disease.

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Theme: “The Best Practices in Pediatric Disease Prevention and Control”
Date: May 25-26 ,2010
Venue: 6/F Multipurpose Hall, National Children’s Hospital (NCH) – E.Rodriguez Sr. Ave, Quezon City

Objective :
To promote to the pediatricians, nurses and allied health workers the best practices in prevention and control of common diseases and hospital acquired infection in children.

Details for interested parties:
Contact and look for Ms. Vangie P. Safran at 7240656 loc 202/207
Pre-registration (on or before April 25, 2010) Php800. On-site Php1,000