Prostitutes in Germany retrain as geriatric nurses

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Prostitutes retrain as geriatric nurses

Prostitutes in Germany are being given the chance to retrain as

geriatric nurses.

About 30 prostitutes, aged 20 to 40, are to take up a two-year

training course for auxiliary nurses in North Rhine Westphalia,

reports the Telegraph.

The scheme, funded by the church and the EU, is aimed at easing a

chronic shortfall in nurses as well as offering an alternative to

prostitutes.

One trainee, Angelika, who is in her late 30s and worked in Bochum as

a prostitute for six years said she had found the transition very

smooth: " I'm feeling good, " she said.

Rita Kühn, of the protestant church's welfare programme, said: " They

are in general very good at dealing with people, in addition to which

they don't get squeamish and have absolutely no fear about touching or

being touched. "

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