Low wages and hard work push Syrian nurses to emigrate. Nurses in Syria do not receive any cash alternatives or incentives for overtime.
Since the conflict between the opposition and the regime in Syria turned into an armed conflict, the country has witnessed a severe loss of medical personnel. According to the government newspaper Al-Baath, thousands of Syrian nurses have resigned over the past five years. One nurse provides health care for every 15 patients, within an abnormal scale. Medical laws stipulate that one nurse should serve 5 patients in regular departments in hospitals.