Nurses Week Celebrated

        Nurses from all over the world celebrate the birth anniversary of Ms. Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, every year as International Nurses Week from 12th to 18th May to commemorate her contribution, dedication, and devotion towards nursing profession as well as entire ailing humanity.

         Nurses at PGIMER, Chandigarh, are also celebrating her birth anniversary from 12th to 18th May.  The theme chosen for this year is ‘Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses Leading Chronic Care.’  The function started with lamp lighting by Prof. K K Talwar, The Former Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh, Chief Guest on the occasion.  Prof. Talwar appreciated the nursing care given to the patients by nurses of Nehru Hospital and paid rich tributes to Florence Nightingale, founder of Modern Nursing Profession.  He congratulated all nursing fraternity on inauguration of International Nurses Week and advised the nurses on specialization of care like neonatology OT, cardiac nursing, for which he emphasized that nurses should go for in service education programmes.

        Prof. A K Gupta, Medical Superintendent-cum-Head, Department of Hospital Administration, also praised the hard work, dedication and sincerity of nurses.  While emphasizing that even the best can be improved Prof. Gupta called upon all nurses to improve the standards of aseptic techniques and other aspects of patient care.  He paid rich tributes to Florence Nightingale and inspired nurses to emulate her.

         Mrs. Amarjit Nafra, Nursing Superintendent, introduced the theme and highlighted the activities to be carried out over the week in the Institute such as hand washing technique, seminar on role of nurse in chronic care, personal and environmental hygiene and self care by the individual in chronic sickness.  She encouraged all nurses to participate actively in all the programmes and make this theme a reality so that best health services can be provided.

On the occasion of International Nurses Day, a colorful prize distribution ceremony was held at NINE, PGIMER, Chandigarh.  The Chief Guest for the occasion was Prof. K.K. Talwar, The Former Director, PGIMER. Officer Incharge of NINE, Dr. Meenu Singh along with the deemed faculty of NINE were present for the occasion.  The programme was hosted by Dr. Sandhya Ghai. The competitions for which the prizes were awarded- Calligraphy, Photography, Card making, Dancing, Singing, Debate Extempore & Fabric Painting.  Al the eight classes participated with zeal and enthusiasm. It was a tough task for the judges to come to a conclusion. Post-Basic B.Sc. Nursing 1st year students emerged as the heroes of the occasion winning maximum number of prizes.  They won 18 prizes followed by Basic Nursing 3rd year students who won 5 prizes. Prof. K.K. Talwar gave away the prizes to the winners and encouraged the students to keep up the performance. A token of love was given to Prof. K.K. Talwar in the form of handmade fabric painting, painted by Ms. Bidisha Basu (1st year Post-Basic students). She also was awarded best performer for the occasion as she had seven prizes to her credit.  The programme was concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr. Karobi Das.

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