Indian nurses in Ireland: 'I miss Kerala but this is home now'

 
6,304 Indian nationals are registered as nurses in Ireland. This represents nearly 9 per cent of the total number of nurses on The Nursing and Midwifery Board and the majority of them come from the Kerala region of Southern India.

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