More healthcare workers in public institutions getting abused or harassed

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The number of healthcare workers in public institutions who were abused or harassed has risen over the last four years. There were about 1,400 abuse and harassment cases reported as of end November 2021, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Monday (Jan 10) in a written...

In 2019, such services were used around 330 times. This increased to around 890 in 2020 and 1,080 in 2021.

While full year data for 2021 is not yet available, his ministry expects about 3,000 resignations for the year - roughly an 8 per cent attrition rates."So resignations were generally on a downward trend before 2021," he said. On whether these staff stayed in the wider healthcare sector, Mr Ong said based on self-declarations of registered nurses and allied health professionals, 90 per cent remained in the healthcare sector and less than 1 per cent went to other sectors. The rest were either not working, or overseas at the time.

"MOH is working closely with our public healthcare institutions to shore up recruitment, for both local and foreign staff, to augment the healthcare workforce," Mr Ong said.

 

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