Singapore's healthcare system stretched amid surge in Covid-19 cases in ICU
Resignations among health workers has also spiked in first half of 2021, says Janil
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SINGAPORE cannot open up and risk having the number of Covid-19 cases "shoot up" and overwhelm the healthcare system at a time when medical workers are stretched to their limit, said Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary in Parliament on Monday (Nov 1).
Already, there has been a spike in resignations among healthcare workers at 1,500 in the first half of 2021, compared with the annual average of 2,000 pre-pandemic, Dr Janil said in a ministerial statement on an update on the intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital capacity situation.
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