AS SINGAPORE'S population grows bigger and greyer, more physiotherapists will be needed.
The current number means that one physiotherapist is shared by about 9,000 people here - a far cry from the ratio of 1:2,000 in Australia.
Dr Celia Tan, who heads the Singapore Physiotherapy Association, said there is a need to boost the numbers from the current 500 to about 2,250 to match the physiotherapist-patient ratio in other developed countries.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
