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BANGALORE, INDIA, February 9, 2003: The shortage of nurses in the United States has caused the country to look elsewhere for dedicated professionals. After seeking candidates from Canada, Ireland and the Philippines, the demand is still there, and America has turned to India. Approximately 30,000 nurses a year graduate in India and they could typically earn $84 a month if they stayed in India. These same nurses are now being recruited by companies such as Nurses Anytime who have set up training centers across India to prepare nurses for American jobs. Vijay Madala, a doctor who lives in Dallas, Texas, started Nurses Anytime. The company prepares the candidates to pass an exam that will qualify them for a US$4,000 a month job in the United States. In order to qualify for the Nurses Anytime program, the center chooses nurses with a graduate degree, those fluent in English and those with at least three years experience. Dr. Mandala explains that more than seventy of his graduates are ready to take their exams and by July he expects to have 200 trained nurses a month ready to work in the United States. Presently only 500 work visas are granted to nurses in the U.S. each year. The American Immigration Lawyer’s Association they have been lobbying for relaxed immigration rules covering nurses. There are presently 110,000 vacant nursing positions available and projected to exceed 700,000 by 2020.

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