Chinahasmorethan3.5millionregisterednurses,butonly1percentofthemaremale.Withmenhavingobviousphysicaladvantages,ChinesehospitalsarehighlightingtheimbalanceonFrid
Cai, a male nurse at an ICU unit in a hospital in central China's Hunan Province, is used to being misunderstood. "Some people think I must have psychological problems because they don't understand why a man would do a 'feminine' job."
Slovakia is lagging behind the advanced world in terms of life expectancy and quality amid the risk of a rapid rise in the deficit in the health-care sector, the long-term analyses of the health-care sector in Slovakia have shown.
Cuba will send a total of 461 doctors and nurses to West Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic, local media reported Friday.
A shortage of nurses has haunted China for years and the situation is showing no sign of improvement.
Though China's Mental Health Law, which went into effect in May 2013, raised the profile of patients with mental illness, few in the country are as familiar with their daily struggles as the nurses who care for them.
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