Filipino psychopath with forged qualifications poisoned 22 patients in the UK

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Xenophobic Europe brought about by Islamaphobia and a high uneployment rate plays into the hands of right wing politicians. Kaya any case were a foreigner is involve add fuell to the fire...

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that's correct. but may ganyan naman sa UK di ba, parang state board din?

AFAIK, UK's program of evaluation is adaptation, that is, a superior will observe an applicant for a period of time then decide if said applicant was able to adapt to the job given or not.

That is why a lot of Filipino Nurses will surely pass the evaluation because we are highly adaptable and resilient to hard work. This type of evaluation is also subjectivel

But now, they changed it already to OSCE type of evaluation, wherein a group of evaluators will test their practical skills and knowledge in an objective, structured simulated environment, this is aside from the test of their English language.

[Juan Martinez]

AFAIK, UK's program of evaluation is adaptation, that is, a superior will observe an applicant for a period of time then decide if said applicant was able to adapt to the job given or not.

That is why a lot of Filipino Nurses will surely pass the evaluation because we are highly adaptable and resilient to hard work. This type of evaluation is also subjectivel

But now, they changed it already to OSCE type of evaluation, wherein a group of evaluators will test their practical skills and knowledge in an objective, structured simulated environment, this is aside from the test of their English language.

in other words, it is not so much one's educational background or the lack of it, so long as you have the nursing skills (which can be acquired over time) and you pass the English language test (which is, i think, harder to overcome than taking the nursing skills test). is that right? if so, it wasn't because he got his degree elsewhere, but anybody can be sicko, Asian or Caucasian, and it just so happened that this one is a Filipino.

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in other words, it is not so much one's educational background or the lack of it, so long as you have the nursing skills (which can be acquired over time) and you pass the English language test (which is, i think, harder to overcome than taking the nursing skills test). is that right? if so, it wasn't because he got his degree elsewhere, but anybody can be sicko, Asian or Caucasian, and it just so happened that this one is a Filipino.

Oh, I forgot to include that the current evaluation for foreign trained nurses in UK also includes an MCQ computer based exam aside from the practical exam.

But you are correct, that sicko kababayan nurse is just lucky that he was able to be registered as a nurse through adaptation without any trouble because he already have the necessary nursing skills before due to his experience working in a hospital in the Phil. In which by the way he was fired for theft.

Also before, attestation of documents was sloppy. For instance, its not the school where you graduated from that will attest to the veracity of your school credentials anymore, now it needs to go to CHED for verification.

Im not saying that there are no cases of falsification of credentials anymore but it is very hard to pull that stunt today with all of the check and balances in place.

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Pinoy pride!

[Monseratto]

May stand in para kanya sa medical exams...

Filipinos in UK fear backlash after nurse’s murder conviction

LONDON — Newspapers across the United Kingdom on Sunday, May 18 blared sensational headlines about the nation’s newest killer, 42-year-old, a Filipino nurse, causing Filipino professionals here to fear a backlash.

In more ways than one, this news is tragic.

Described as a “narcissistic psychotic” who enjoyed inflicting pain on others, father-of-two Chua, who worked as a nurse at the Greater Manchester hospital, Stepping Hill, since June 2009, was convicted earlier this week of deliberately killing two patients and poisoning 20 other victims.

When the guilty verdict was given on May 18, Chua was said to have given “no other reaction” than blinking. Chua, who became a naturalized UK citizen in late 2008, now faces life in a UK prison.

UK newspaper headlines and tabloids sensationalized the fact that Chua is a Filipino, despite his UK naturalization. The Daily Mail’s headline read, “How did Filipino serial killer get a job in the NHS? Fears ‘devil’ nurse who murdered his two patients and poisoned 20 more faked his qualifications to work in a UK hospital.”

The specific mentions of nationalities in the headline have a divisive effect. Many Filipinos across the UK are now debating whether these disparaging headlines serve to incite fear and aversion of immigrants in the country, with further suggestions that these headlines may be an attempt to discredit public sector workers.

Diana Granger-Taylor, a British-Filipina raised in the UK, expressed her sadness at Chua’s “terrible crimes” news, adding: “I also regret that because of that press coverage, Filipinos in this country – and nurses or the National Health Service, for that matter – may be scapegoated and viewed negatively.”

Granger-Taylor believes that newspapers may have “deliberately demonized” Chua on account of their political affiliations. The darkness of Chua’s actions serves as perfect fodder for strengthening the anti-immigration agenda gathering momentum in the UK, as well as for justifying further healthcare privatization, she said.

“Public sector workers are threatening to strike as they have had a less than 2 percent pay rise since 2011, as austerity measures became implemented economic policy,” said Granger-Taylor.

“By also claiming that the ‘current’ NHS hired Chua and did not do its due diligence in checking his background, press backing the Conservative government can build a case in favor of privatization.”

Proud to be Filipino

Granger-Taylor then went on to say, “Today also holds news which makes me proud of my Filipino heritage: the Philippines is the only ASEAN nation to offer asylum to the Rohingya Burmese stranded in the Straits of Malacca. That is more representative of Filipino values and Filipino contribution to society than one disturbed and disturbing criminal.”

Many OFWs have fallen prey to the siren call of earning money for their family abroad, holding the naïve belief that the roads of foreign countries are “paved with gold.”

“This country is not going to be a safe or worthwhile place for OFWs to migrate to,” Granger-Taylor said of the UK.

“Unfortunately, it is more likely that they will encounter increasing scapegoating and living costs. Trends in global businesses seem to be creating a slave class out of, rather than humane working conditions for migrant workers. Our OFWs deserve better than that.” In spite of all the negativity, however, many citizens of UK were quick to praise the work of Filipino nurses and workers in the public sector.

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