Filipino MD picks life as nurse in U.S.
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_on_he_me/dr__jacinto_s_choice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070106/capt.18d1d8ba5844488fbce06b5c14061c68.dr_jacinto_s_choice_ny303.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=5xEPFLdPlLEuZz6F91fVqg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Filipino nurse Elmer Jacinto does his rounds at St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006, in New York. Jacinto could have remained a doctor in the Philippines but chose to become a nurse in the United States, making a higher salary than physicians in his homeland. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>AP - The hospital lobby is a blur of surgical scrubs as a shift-change approaches. But when Elmer Jacinto slips in early in pressed whites and sneakers, he draws barely a glance from the guard behind the security desk.</p><br clear="all"/>