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Corner Bar in Sea Point. Eric, on the left, is a Filipino nurse working in Qatar. He's been there six years. Before that, he worked as a nurse in Saudi Arabia for another six years. He's in South Africa to take a test in Johannesburg, as part of his application for a job in Springfield, Missouri. American hospitals are constantly recruiting foreign nurses.

Eric's English is excellent, and he also speaks basic Arabic.

Eric used to go back to the Philippines each year, but with Covid and its quarantine rules, he's taken vacations in Armenia and Georgia instead.


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