Long-term strategy needed to solve shortage of nurses


NURSES are an integral part of the healthcare system. In fact, it would not be far-fetched to say that they are the backbone of the healthcare industry.

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Global Health Workforce Statistics database listed Malaysia as having a nurse-to-population ratio of 3.48 per 1,000 people. This cohort of workers are defined as hospital nurses, midwives, dental nurses and primary care nurses.

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