AHMEDABAD: In corporate-run hospitals, nursing staff are synonymous with Malayali ‘sisters’ from Kerala who consist of 50% or more staff. With a major demand for experienced nurses in both national and international markets post-Covid, the city’s – and at large state’s – healthcare system is grappling with loss of at least 1,000 nurses in the past one year.
In fact, industry experts say that hospitals bouncing back after the third wave of Covid may find it difficult if the exodus continues in the face of steady rise in Covid cases across India. The monthly attrition rates in some major hospitals are hovering around 5%, they added.
