Indonesian nurses head to Japan
Over 200 Indonesian nurses and caregivers left their country yesterday to begin language training and work in Japan:
After arrived in Japan, the nurses and caregivers for the elderly will be taught Japanese for six months before they are placed into hospitals as nursing assistants, or at nursing care facilities as care workers, officials said.
Those working at hospitals will need to pass the national examination of nurses within three years while those working at nursing care facilities will need to pass the national examination of care workers within four years if they wish to continue working in Japan.
Failure to pass will mean they have to return to Indonesia.
The TBS news report embedded in this post notes that some people believe it is unreasonable to insist that the Indonesians take the exact same exam that Japanese nurses must take, and such a strict requirement could cause a lot of valuable workers to be simply thrown away.
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Very sad when a country do not have enough nurses to take care of the patients. Japan have to ask nurses from a different country for help? Very sad.
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they should be welcomed with open arms. please japan – give them a chance. they are multi-lingual, well-trained and from the looks of it well-mannered. not like some of the young people in this country. i am so happy they are here. most other countries have doctors, nurses, careworkers, lawyers from other countries. if they can pass the test what`s wrong with that????
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Simple solution. Xenophobic people who oppose importing needed nurses can go without medical care. And they can suffer and die, secure in the knowledge that they are remaining true to their racism.
Thus, with fewer patients, people who aren’t racist can then get faster medical care.
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This is good. But I don’t agree about lowering test standards because it is unreasonable. At the most the exams should be in their native language, but with the same content.
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