DOCTORS IN THE PRIMARY HEALTH SECTOR

Parliament of Singapore · 30 August 1993 · 8th Parliament

Official Report, 30 August 1993, Vol 61, Issue 5 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Kanwaljit SoinYeo Cheow Tong
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Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Health (a) what is the number of doctors working in the primary health sector and the gender breakdown and (b) what percentage of the total number of doctors does this constitute.

Mr Yeo Cheow Tong: The breakdown of doctors is as follows: Doctors in Singapore 1992 Male Female Total Doctors providing primary 969 (34%) 443 (39%) 1412 (36%) health care Doctors providing specialist 1114 (40%) 373 (32%) 1487 (37%) care MOs under training/NS doctors 635 (23%) 274 (24%) 909 (23%) Not Working 93 (3%) 61 (5%) 154 (4%) Total 2811 (100%) 1151 (100%) 3962 (100%)

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 30 August 1993. Republished on SGParliament.