Abstract

The contribution of the healthcare workers in the society was highlighted on several occasion in public and with emphasis especially since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, questions have been raised in terms of the inability of the countries to live up to the standard doctor and nurse ratios as per population. The significant nursing shortage in developed countries while have been met with migrant professionals from developing countries, the condition of the latter became more serious. Although the decision of international migration by health professionals play an important role in this, fallacy in the structural arrangement of healthcare services is an inescapable issue. The current article, therefore, endeavours to discuss the complexity of the said situation and investigate the pledges and steps taken in post-pandemic context to remedy the shortage of healthcare workers, especially nurses.