Monday, August 30, 2004
Nation faces acute shortage of nurses
News Update by the Star Newsdesk
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is facing an acute shortage of nurses with a nurse to patient ratio of 1:645 compared to 1:200 in developed countries. Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said that in order to meet the ratio of the developed countries, Malaysia has to train 8,000 nurses every year. However, he said, the public and private colleges could only train 3,000 nurses yearly. As of June this year, there are 39,232 nurses, of whom 75% were in government service. "This is a big challenge for us, as we have to train at least 130,000 nurses over the next 16 years," he said before presenting diplomas to nursing students at the Assunta Hospital.
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