Indonesia

Indonesia
exports nurses

JAKARTA: Secretary General of the Ministry of Health Hidayat
Hardjoprawito officially bade farewell on Tuesday to 48
Indonesian nurses who were leaving for Saudi Arabia.

The nurses, graduates of the Academy of Nurses, will work in
Saudi government hospitals in Mecca and Medina where they will
receive a monthly salary of Rp 1.3 million (US$613.2).

Under the contract, the nurses have a one-year renewable
contract which entitles them to a six-week paid vacation and a
return ticket home.

Indonesia has sent some 600 nurses abroad, 400 of which have
gone to Saudi Arabia. (07)