More physiotherapists needed as population greys
Last year, physiotherapists working in the public health sector had their salaries raised by between 2 and 6 per cent. -ST
Mon, Sep 08, 2008
The Straits Times
By Lee Hui Chieh
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.
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