NEW DELHI - Ms Carolyne Marak's family has faced financial difficulties since the death of her father four years ago. But a nursing job in Singapore may help change things for the family of four. The 29-year-old, who has six years of nursing experience, passed the Singapore Nursing Board (SNB) licence exam in April. She has a job offer from...
The demand for more nurses in Singapore is due to a high rate of attrition in recent years amid a growing global demand for such professionals.NEW DELHI - Ms Carolyne Marak's family has faced financial difficulties since the death of her father four years ago. But a nursing job in Singapore may help change things for the family of four.
"The response was overwhelming. We had about 1,500 nurses who turned up, and many of them actually came with very little prior information. But they wanted to go to Australia and Singapore, because they speak English there," he said.Nurses such as Ms Marak are in demand these days as international recruiters, including from Singapore, look to India to fill their vacancies, even as India suffers from a shortage of nurses.
To make up for the shortfall following the pandemic, 5,600 nurses were hired in the public healthcare system in 2023, according to Singapore's Ministry of Health. This is especially true for nurses working in hospitals in smaller towns and rural areas, where they have limited access to modern technologies, he added.
One out of eight Indian nurses works overseas, as per a report in The Hindu newspaper. In 2013, an estimate by two migration scholars suggested there are around 640,000 Indian nurses working overseas. Currently working at a hospital in Guwahati, the largest city in the north-eastern state, the 26-year-old earns around 20,000 rupees per month.
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