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 hold 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 provide them jobs. Since most of the nurses arrived within the UAE with out licences, which is necessary 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 could be becoming a member of quickly. Top administration on the group mentioned they started receiving job functions and inquiries from nurses over the previous 4 weeks.
Sanjai Kumar, the chief human assets officer at VPS Healthcare, mentioned the group had lately chosen eligible candidates by an interview that was held consistent with the extraordinary circumstances the determined job-seekers discovered themselves in.
“We’ll be initiating and helping 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 might be becoming a member of our medical workforce after the issuance of employment visas. All the related bills, together with their RT-PCR exams 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 going through monetary difficulties,” he added.
Healthcare teams corresponding to Right Health have additionally come ahead to provide jobs, and Michael Brenden Davis, the chief government officer of NMC Healthcare, mentioned, “We’d like to invite nurses who’ve been affected by this example to apply instantly to our nursing expertise acquisition workforce for assessment and consideration.”
He added, “We’re unable to assure job placements with out correct diligence. However, our workforce is anxious to assessment resumes of these affected to assess if we’d 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 came upon concerning 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 arms 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 get hold of the medical licence. Also, I’m blissful to be again at work when our providers are wanted for the group.” 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-outdated youngster, 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 effectively.
Reena Rajan, the nurse from Kollam, who appealed to Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan in writing, requesting justice for what occurred to her, advised 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 studies mentioned Kerala Police took the proprietor of Take Off, the Ernakulum-based company answerable 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 advised they didn’t want a licence for these jobs as they’d not be positioned in hospitals.
“The recruiters made huge guarantees by social media job posts. They mentioned we’d 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 to hand over the cash to native brokers as a part of their fee price.
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Amrutha Antony, one other nurse who has discovered a job with VPS Healthcare, mentioned, “We had been advised we don’t have to write the HAAD or DHA exams. I spent upwards of Dh11,000 to come to the UAE. After we arrived right here, we had been taken to a congested house in Ras Al Khaimah. We had been advised that we’d have to wait until the quarantine interval was over to be part of 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.
