Resigned PNA President Scolds Complainants
In the wake of the
nursing exam leakage scam, the resigned national president of the
Philippine Nursing Association (PNA) reportedly urged leaders of the
professional nurses in Baguio to go slow on the scam and reportedly
reprimanded a media liaison officer for allegedly dragging the name of his
son in the controversy.
By Arthur L. Allad-iw
Northern Dispatch
Posted by Bulatlat
BAGUIO CITY (246 kms
north of Manila) – Dr. George Cordero, who recently resigned as national
president of the Philippine Nursing Association (PNA) in the wake of the
Board exam leakage scam, reportedly urged leaders of the professional
nurses in this city to go slow on the scam. He also allegedly reprimanded
Karen Calderon, media liaison officer of the 92 Baguio Board examinees and
professional nurses who filed a complaint before the Professional
Regulatory Commission, for allegedly dragging the name of his son in the
controversy.
Cordero allegedly
phoned Calderon asking her if she prepared the chronology of events on the
scam, which supposedly mentioned his son. Cordero allegedly claimed that
the said statement is hitting him below the belt.
In the said
statement, Cordero allegedly called leaders of the complainants from the
Cordillera and Baguio PNA chapters and the Cordillera Association of Deans
of the Philippine College of Nursing (ADPCN) to go slow on the scam as it
will affect the chances of the Philippines to become a NCLEX-RN testing
center for nurses bound to the United States of America. He urged them
(leaders) to kill the issue.
Calderon told
Northern Dispatch (Nordis) in an interview that Cordero called her on
August 2 at 2 p.m. and asked her in a loud, angry voice if she prepared
the statement which dragged his son into the controversy. Nordis learned
that Cordero’s son, Nathan Clarence, was an examinee in the controversial
June nursing board exam.
“Pati ba naman
anak ko. (Why include my son?),” Cordero was quoted by Calderon as
saying.
Calderon explained to
Cordero that while the statement indicated her name as reference, it was
an output of a collective discussion by the complainants and the PNA
leaders.
“In fact, I can only
send statements to the media after the group gives its go signal,” she
explained to Nordis.
She also admitted
that it was only during their conversation that she learned that Cordero’s
son took the Board exam. So, she said, she has no intention to maliciously
include Cordero’s son in the controversy.
Nordis learned
earlier from a PNA press conference that Nathan Clarence Cordero’s name
was not in the list of board passers or in the list of these who failed.
Northern Dispatch/Posted by Bulatlat
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