Recently we celebrated "World Nurses Day" to appreciate the contribution of nurses in the healthcare. As we all know, we all need nurses to provide support and further care for a majority of patients we treat. Not only that, well-trained nurses also give psychological relief to many patients during their care in the hospitals. However, the recent statistics shows that in India though there are 1.4 million trained nurses, only 13 trained nurses are at service per 1,00,000 patients. We have also seen that a lot of trained nurses immigrating to Middle-East and other countries like Australia, UK etc.
since they are offered better pay there. There is no need to separately emphasize the roles these nurses perform and their importance in Indian healthcare. But, do you think this dwindling number of nurses in India poses a serious risk for Indian healthcare? What can we as doctors do to improve…
