Oversupply of nurses forces them to pay to work for free
By Ibarra Mateo
Nurse Salva (not his real name) is harried and hungry as he inspects a patient’s intravenous line in the surgical ward of a government hospital in Quezon City. It is almost 10 a.m. and doctors are winding up their rounds. He has been up since 4 a.m. but his exacting eight-hour work shift rarely gives him time to get a full meal, so he gets by on cheap hard candies when hunger pangs strike.