The secretary of the UAE's Nursing and Midwifery Council has said that low wages, low status and limited career progression have helped create a shortage of some 7,000 nurses in the country, The National has reported. The country needs to hire 25% to 30% more nurses and midwives to bring the current number of 23,000 nurses and midwives working across the seven emirates to almost 30,000, the council said.
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