31 January 2013

The supply of doctors and nurses working in home hospice care/Institute of Mental Health - IMH has not kept pace with the demand.

11/7/2012 Wednesday 4:08pm Adapted from Spending last days at home with loved ones The New Paper The supply of doctors and nurses working in home hospice care/Institute of Mental Health - IMH has not kept pace with the demand. For instance, HCA Hospice/IMH Ward 34A or C Class wards look after 35 to 40 patients at any given time. Singapore Hospice Council chairman R. Akhileswaran said the ideal nurse-to-patient ratio should be one to 25.

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