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Singapore diversifies nursing talent pool with new nurses from Bhutan

National Centre for Infectious Diseases staff nurse Darmita Rai (centre) is from Bhutan, a new source of foreign nurses here. She is pictured here talking to her fellow citizens Mr Pushpa Lal Adhikari and Ms Chimi Wangmo, who are both staff nurses at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). They are among the six nurses from Bhutan working at these institutions

Health Sciences Authority to have more powers and manpower under proposed new laws

The proposed legislative amendments confer the Health Sciences Authority with new regulatory functions.

Hospital nurse puts best foot forward to help runners at BYD S’pore International Marathon presented by adidas

Keith Fung, a senior staff nurse at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, has applied to be a medic runner at the Singapore International Marathon. It is a new role introduced by the organisers.

Brisbane nurse uses jiu-jitsu to take down abusive, violent patient

Security camera footage shows nurse Daniel Nelson taking down an intoxicated, aggressive man at the emergency department of the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

I told my patient she’d never go home. I was wrong

This doctor realised she was functioning within a medical culture in which delivering a dire prognosis with certainty is seen as a positive and any softening feels like a failure.

Nurse in Japan arrested over patient’s death, allegedly injected stool into IV

The case came to light after a hospital worker reported the suspicious death to the police on Feb 1.

Forum: Building a stronger healthcare workforce means looking beyond headcount

An ‘AI-resilient’ job doesn’t mean AI-free, say workers who use tech to complement physical work

Healthcare assistant Radiana Ahmad (right) tending to an elderly patient at his home in Clementi. Despite working in an AI-resilient sector, she feels pressure to keep up with the technology.

Nurse assistant arrested for self-administering propofol drug on first day at work in South Korea

Seoul Gangnam Police Station said the 20-something woman was arrested on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act and is under investigation.

Jolted by Ebola, countries try again to finish pandemic treaty

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a reminder that the next pandemic threat could spring up from anywhere, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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