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‘Pakistan short of trained, quality nurses’
National
May 12, 2021
Pakistan’s nurses and midwives are playing a vital role on the front line of the third Covid-19 wave despite the ongoing shortage of healthcare professionals in the country, a seminar held at the Aga Khan University (AKU) on Tuesday to celebrate International Day of Nurses and Midwives was told by officials, policymakers and academics.
“Pakistan has one of the greatest shortages of trained high-quality nurses,” said Dr Faisal Sultan, special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) on health, as he addressed the seminar from Islamabad through videoconferencing.
“No healthcare system can deliver quality care without the input of trained, committed professionals in the nursing field,” he said, adding that the government’s national health taskforce is working to expand the education and training of nurses to ensure that the country’s nursing workforce continues to grow.
National
May 12, 2021
KARACHI: Pakistan’s nurses and midwives are playing a vital role on the front line of the third Covid-19 wave despite the ongoing shortage of healthcare professionals in the country, a seminar held at the Aga Khan University (AKU) on Tuesday to celebrate International Day of Nurses and Midwives was told by officials, policymakers and academics.
“Pakistan has one of the greatest shortages of trained high-quality nurses,” said Dr Faisal Sultan, special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) on health, as he addressed the seminar from Islamabad through videoconferencing.
“No healthcare system can deliver quality care without the input of trained, committed professionals in the nursing field,” he said, adding that the government’s national health taskforce is working to expand the education and training of nurses to ensure that the country’s nursing workforce continues to grow.
‘Too many nurses leaving jobs, country’
Seminar speakers urge advanced training for such professionals on World Nurses Day
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Nurses are either moving abroad for better pay or leaving the profession, noted policymakers and prominent healthcare professionals.
During a seminar at the Aga Khan University on Tuesday, participants agreed that nurses and midwives played a pivotal role on the frontlines against the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The event was held ahead of World Nurses Day, which is celebrated on May 12 each year.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, the chief guest at the event, noted that demand for nurses worldwide was increasing. He said this was creating incentives for those practicing in Pakistan to move abroad.
KARACHI: Pakistan is one of the five countries facing the largest deficit of nurses with the World Health Organisation also calling on the country to take steps to double its nursing workforce. This target could be achieved by giving a dignified status to the profession in society, making it safe, diversified and financially sound that could attract women to it in large numbers.
These points were raised by speakers at a seminar organised on Tuesday at the Aga Khan University in connection with International Day of Nurses and Midwives.
They also emphasised that nurses and midwives needed to be empowered in patient care that would help expand the availability of affordable care.