Taipei Veterans General Hospital has seen some success with a nursing assistant program aimed at alleviating staff troubles and keeping nurses on. Medical professionals are now calling for foreign workers to be allowed into the country as nursing support staff.
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00:00A new program has seen some success in lightening the load for nursing staff at a hospital in
00:05northern Taiwan.
00:07Taipei Veterans General Hospital began the program to address high departure rates among
00:11nurses.
00:12The hospital hired assistants to help with more routine tasks such as feeding patients.
00:17Since starting the program, staff retention has improved and nurses are able to clock
00:21out on time more.
00:24Medical professionals are now calling for measures to let hospitals hire nursing assistants
00:28from abroad.
00:42Health officials say they will talk with the labor ministry about the idea.