President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited the largest hospital in the central valley region of California to honor the Filipino doctors, nurses and other medical practitioners who are doing a good job here.
The President visited the Community Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in the agricultural city of Fresno where some 2,000 Filipino nurses and a growing number of doctors are gainfully employed.
She was practically mobbed as everyone wanted to pose for a souvenir photograph with her.
The visit to the hospital was one of the official schedules in her 10-day, three-state visit to the US that would take her to Washington and New York.
Acting Labor Secretary Marianito Roque, who was with the President in the hospital visit, revealed that for the past seven years, some 5,976 Filipino nurses were deployed to the US to fill up the 130,000 vacancies for nurses and physical therapists.
Filipino medical practitioners, especially nurses, are well-loved overseas as they are well-skilled, patient and do their job with loving care. (PIA/Bohol)
