A large group of nurses from Kerala, who arrived here on visit visas on the pretext of working in vaccination centres, are now stranded in Emirates across the UAE. Several stranded nurses and social workers assisting them said at least 300 such nurses are stuck in the UAE after job agents in Kerala lured them with high salaries and other job perks...

Reena Rajan, a nurse from Pattazhi in the Kollam district, said, "I arrived in Dubai months ago. I have been working in private hospitals in Kollam for nine years. When this opportunity arose, I quit my job and signed a contract with an Ernakulam-based agency called Take Off and paid them INR 235,000."

...... Seena, mom to a two-year-old boy, said, "I worked in Max Hospital in Delhi. I resigned from that job to come here. I've worked in Mangalore City Hospital and NTC Hospital in Chennai as well. We have good job experience." Seena added, "Going back is not an option. I spent INR 235,000 to come here.