for its omission of a number of key medical professions – including nurses and doctors.
The country’s ratio of 0.16 active medical schools per million inhabitants similarly lags behind countries like Libya , Brazil , and Colombia , Bomela said. Bomela warned that the country faces a shortage of 34,000 nurses by 2025 if nothing is done to attract and retain falling numbers of nursing aspirants.Bomela said the shortage of nurses and doctors and the slow development of medical skills pose serious questions for healthcare delivery both now, and in the future under the proposed universal healthcare service system.
The national situation is clear, says Bomela: the country is not training enough medical skills to overcome existing dire shortages in doctors and nurses in general, and particularly among specialists and nurses with specialist skills. Already, medical facilities are struggling to fill posts, he said.