Idea 350 of 500. Cluster 17: Health, care and the parents of Sri Lankans abroad
Nurse training to the international standard with a bond to work 2 years in Sri Lankan hospitals first
The mechanism, from the book
Sri Lankans abroad have parents at home whom they cannot look after from Melbourne. They will pay, and the money stays.
Every idea in cluster 17 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Put one question to the matron or nursing officer at a private hospital: how many nurses left for jobs abroad last year, and would the hospital pay part of a student's fees in return for 2 years of work. Take a second question to the parents of 10 school leavers: would they pay the rest for a course that ends in an international qualification. A hospital's written yes is the proof the school needs.
- Who pays first
- A private hospital that keeps losing trained nurses abroad and would co-fund students in exchange for a guaranteed 2 years of service.
- What leaves today
- Nurses trained at the island's cost leave the moment they qualify; the bond keeps 2 years of their skill at home and pays for the training.
The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.
In the book
- Ch. EightWhat It Costs to Go First
Remittances and what it costs the first one to go - Ch. SixteenThe Bridge
The institutions already in existence that could carry value back
More from cluster 17
- 341Home-care agencies with trained, vetted carers, booked and paid from abroad
- 342Assisted-living homes for the parents of Sri Lankans abroad, with the standard published and inspected
- 343A daily check-in service: a nurse's visit, a photograph, a message to the child abroad
- 344Medical escort services: a nurse takes the parent to the appointment and reports back
- 345Pharmacy delivery with the prescription managed and the refills tracked
- 346Dementia day-care centres, which hardly exist yet and are needed everywhere
Idea 350 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.