Indonesia is now an alternative source for Singapore to boost its healthcare workforce.
Ms Nissa Fadillah Somantri and Ms Ayu Puspita Sari Itta are among the Indonesian nurses who are working in Singapore public hospitals.
Most of them arrived in Singapore as healthcare assistants, and had to pass the Singapore Nursing Board exam to become enrolled and registered nurses in Singapore. She said that with more publicity and recruitment drives in Indonesia, more of its healthcare workers have now come to Singapore in larger groups, she said. Talent Angels is currently the only agency recruiting Indonesian nurses, she added.
Ms Nissa Fadillah Somantri joined Jurong Community Hospital as an enrolled nurse in February. PHOTO: COURTESY OF NISSA FADILLAH SOMANTRI In her first three months, she grappled with speaking English at work as well as keeping up with using advanced medical equipment she was not familiar with. Ms Ayu Puspita Sari Itta started working as a registered nurse at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in April. PHOTO: COURTESY OF AYU PUSPITA SARI ITTA
Excluding Singapore, 1,468 Indonesian nurses worked abroad from January to August 2024, with 924, or 63 per cent, going to Taiwan. The rest were in Japan , Saudi Arabia and Germany , according to figures from its Manpower Ministry.
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