Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has urged trained nurses to serve locally rather than go abroad.
“About 400 of our nurses leave the country every year to serve overseas.
“I hope the Malaysian Nurses Association (MNA) and the Health Ministry will work together to ensure that our country does not run dry of experienced and capable nurses,” he said in his speech to a crowd of about 2,300 nurses at the launch of International Nurses Day
Nurses migration is one of the causes of their perpetual shortage in our health and medical services.
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