'The real problem lies in the shortage of manpower rather than a lack of beds. Many foreign nurses returned home after the pandemic and did not come back. If there were more qualified staff, more wards could be opened,' an ED doctor said
"The real problem lies in the shortage of manpower, rather than a lack of beds. Many foreign nurses returned home after the pandemic and did not come back. If there were more qualified staff, more wards could be opened," an ED doctor said
The MOH said that despite the long wait time, patients begin receiving medical treatment before they are assigned a bed and that a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases has added to the bed shortage.Writing to ST shortly after it was published, Dr Desmond Wai referred to an emergency department doctor quoted in the piece, which said that the waiting times are caused by a lack of manpower rather than a lack of beds because many nurses from other countries who left during the pandemic did not come back.
The letter writer further quoted her as mentioning that the attrition rate of foreign nurses from 2019 to 2022 went from 9.5 per cent to 14.5 per cent.
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