The National Assembly has passed a contentious bill to revise the Nursing Act, formalizing the role of a physician assistant nurse.
The bill, which authorizes physician assistant nurses to support physicians during surgery and handle some duties presently reserved for doctors, passed the plenary in the 300-member parliament on Wednesday, with 283 of 290 lawmakers in attendance voting in favor. Some who had a career as doctors before becoming lawmakers opposed the bill…
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