Nurses being lured away

In demand: The government should look at giving good deals to nurses to ensure that local talents would continue working here instead of migrating overseas. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

JOHOR BARU: Malaysian nurses are being pinched as better offers come from abroad, resulting in an inadequate number of nurses at both public and private hospitals in Johor.

State health and unity committee chairman Ling Tian Soon said that currently, there are 12,533 nurses in Johor, of which 8,777 are in the public hospitals.