41 well being care staff have joined VPS Hospitals throughout the nation.
At least 90 healthcare staff from Kerala, who fell prey to a job rip-off, have been employed by a number one UAE-based well being care group.
Since October final yr, nurses from Kerala, the southernmost Indian state, who’ve been arriving within the UAE in batches, had been getting stranded within the nation after recruiters refused to maintain their finish of the cut price.
The nursing professionals — each males, and ladies — had been arriving within the UAE after paying upwards of Dh10,000 after being promised jobs in Covid-19 vaccination and testing centres.
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For many, the months-lengthy ordeal got here to an finish late final week after main hospitals got here ahead to supply them jobs. Since most of the nurses arrived within the UAE with out licences, which is obligatory within the UAE, hospital teams will work as affected person aides and repair assistants till they’ve the legitimate paperwork in place that make them eligible to work within the nation.
Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, the founder, chairman, and managing director of VPS Healthcare Group, mentioned 41 nurses have already begun working in medical centres and hospitals and added that 49 extra can be becoming a member of quickly. Top administration on the group mentioned they started receiving job purposes and inquiries from nurses over the previous 4 weeks.
Sanjai Kumar, the chief human assets officer at VPS Healthcare, mentioned the group had not too long ago chosen eligible candidates by means of an interview that was held in step with the extraordinary circumstances the determined job-seekers discovered themselves in.
“We’ll be initiating and aiding them in processing the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD) and the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) licenses. In addition to those that have already joined us, 49 extra shall be becoming a member of our medical crew after the issuance of employment visas. All the related bills, together with their RT-PCR checks and the standard regulatory bills, are being taken care of by VPS Healthcare as a particular case,” mentioned Kumar. “We’ve given particular consideration to eligible healthcare staff who’ve been trapped for a very long time and are dealing with monetary difficulties,” he added.
Healthcare teams resembling Right Health have additionally come ahead to supply jobs, and Michael Brenden Davis, the chief govt officer of NMC Healthcare, mentioned, “We’d like to ask nurses who’ve been affected by this case to use on to our nursing expertise acquisition crew for overview and consideration.”
He added, “We’re unable to ensure job placements with out correct diligence. However, our crew is anxious to overview resumes of these affected to evaluate if we might be ready to assist.”
‘Months of uncertainty have come to an finish’
Ambily MB, a well being care employee, one of many many stranded within the UAE after falling sufferer to a job rip-off, is heaving a sigh of reduction. Her plight after three months of uncertainty has lastly come to an finish.
Ambily had labored in India’s medical and surgical ward for seven years earlier than she arrived within the UAE in March with excessive hopes. These hopes quickly turned to dread as, together with many different nurses, Ambily realised that she had fallen prey to a job rip-off.
“I used to be working as a registered nurse in a number one hospital in Kerala. I got here to the UAE with excessive hopes however was shocked after I discovered in regards to the rip-off. I paid Dh10,000 to the recruitment company.”
She added, “The company didn’t return a single penny. I can’t return to India with empty fingers as my household is struggling to pay again the cash we organized to pay the agent.”
Ambily, a local of the Kottayam district in Kerala, mentioned, “This job has come as a blessing to me. I’m assured that I’d clear the procedures to acquire the medical licence. Also, I’m comfortable to be again at work when our providers are wanted for the neighborhood.” Like Ambily, many of the nurses paid for his or her arrival within the UAE after taking out financial institution loans.
Ambily, the mom of a seven-yr-previous little one, got here to the UAE alongside together with her sister Asha MB hoping to tide over her household’s monetary disaster. The recruitment firm promised to pay Dh4,500 a month, together with lodging and meals. VPS Healthcare has provided Asha a job as properly.
Reena Rajan, the nurse from Kollam, who appealed to Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan in writing, requesting justice for what occurred to her, instructed Khaleej Times she has been interviewed by a number one medical group within the UAE and is anticipating to obtain a job provide quickly.
Indian media experiences mentioned Kerala Police took the proprietor of Take Off, the Ernakulum-based company chargeable for the alleged rip-off, into custody on Saturday, May 22.
Modus-operandi of the rip-off
The scamsters posted job vacancies in vaccination and testing centres in UAE on social media. Interested nurses had been instructed they didn’t want a licence for these jobs as they’d not be positioned in hospitals.
“The recruiters made massive guarantees by means of social media job posts. They mentioned we might get work on the vaccination centres instantly after the quarantine interval, and the licence was not a problem. They tricked all of us. When requested 20 days later, they merely fibbed,” mentioned Asha.
Since the nurses arrived on go to visas, they got Dh5,000 money in hand by the recruiters as present-cash to immigration authorities within the UAE. Once they got here out of the airport, the nurses had been requested handy over the cash to native brokers as a part of their fee charge.
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Amrutha Antony, one other nurse who has discovered a job with VPS Healthcare, mentioned, “We had been instructed we shouldn’t have to jot down the HAAD or DHA exams. I spent upwards of Dh11,000 to come back to the UAE. After we arrived right here, we had been taken to a congested house in Ras Al Khaimah. We had been instructed that we’d have to attend until the quarantine interval was over to hitch the vaccination centres. Some days, they argued with us over how a lot meals and water we had been consuming. Eventually, after we started questioning them, they requested us to work as nannies, and most of us had been unwilling to take up such a low-paying job.”
Officials additionally warned well being care staff to watch out for job scams. “Candidates ought to confirm the knowledge associated to the establishment and apply solely after confirming the authenticity of the commercial,” mentioned Rani Elsa Oommen, the chief nursing officer at VPS Healthcare.
