YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Parliament of Singapore · 21 July 2008
Official Report, 21 July 2008, Vol 84, Issue 16 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
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Dr Fatimah Lateef asked the Minister for Education whether there are plans to increase the number of places in the annual intake of students at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS) from the current 250 places per cohort.
Dr Ng Eng Hen: MOE and MOH are now studying our medium and long-term healthcare needs carefully and how we can meet the projected demand for medical manpower.
Over the years, we have improved our doctor-to-population ratio to the present ratio of 1:660. To keep pace with needs from an ageing population, MOE in consultation with MOH has decided that the annual medical intake of the National University’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine will increase from 250 to 260 for Academic Year (AY) 2008. There are plans to gradually increase this further to 300 in AY2011.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 21 July 2008. Republished on SGParliament.