That is the target that the Health Ministry is working towards, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in Parliament on Monday.
Responding to queries from Dr Lim Wee Kiak (Sembawang GRC), Mr Khaw said the ratio now stands at one nurse for every 249 people, which is a significant improvement over the ratio of one for every 306 people in 2001.
Currently, 18,400 nurses are actively practising here. To meet the target, the ministry will have to recruit 40 per cent more nurses, by training more local ones, and hiring more foreign ones.
