Health experts have stressed the need for upskilling nurses in the evolving healthcare sector.The International Nurses Day (May 12) is celebrated to acknowledge the services of nurses who are considered the heart of the healthcare sector.Latha .
Umair Sahfiq Khanday
Nurses are the most important link between a doctor and a patient. A doctor only prescribes and diagnoses medications, but in the end, it is the nurse on whom the actual responsibility for treatment depends. Without nursing staff, a medical facility may not work even for a day.
Staff nurses and other officials of Chest Diseases Hospital Srinagar have started wearing masks following the apprehensions that some patients might be carrying the Coronavirus infection. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur
International Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12, every year. It is also the anniversary of the birth of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale.