KARACHI:Nursing is the backbone of all healthcare systems around the world, and without nursing, there would be no healthcare.
This was stated at a seminar titled “Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to Secure Global Health” to mark International Nurses Day, organized by Ziauddin University’s Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery.
“At Ziauddin, we understood the need of promoting nurses’ work and rights to a safe workplace, as well as their full participation and decision-making in patient care and our administrative function. We’ve worked very hard in the last two decades to improve the quality of our nursing,” said Dr Nida Hussain, Pro-Chancellor, Ziauddin University.
Representing the Sindh government, Director General Nursing Shabir Hussain Jhatial said that since the country’s founding, Sindh province has had almost 1100 BSN admissions and nearly 600 midwifery admissions. He said the Covid was at its peak when the Sindh government interpolated 2000 nurses, despite the country’s financial problems. The nurses were given hundreds of job opportunities.
The federal government has allocated 8.1 billion rupees for the improvement of nursing and midwifery services. As far as the Sindh government is concerned, nurses and midwifery are being developed and improved, and nurses are being invested in for the good of our country, he added.
While giving the knowledge about the current nursing reports, Dr. Rozina Karmaliani, Dean, School of Nursing and Midwifery (AKU) said, “By 2030, the WHO expects that the globe will require an additional nine million nurses and midwives. Take a look at the situation in Pakistan; it was already in short supply before the conflict, and we urgently need to develop a large number of high-quality nurses and midwives in Pakistan.
Dr. Sarah Salman, Head of Office Sindh Representative WHO stated: “In terms of Sindh, we are assisting the health department, nursing department, and another education department in developing the ability of our health personnel.” Dr. Khairunissa Ajani, Assistant Dean, School of Nursing and Midwifery AKU and Ms Kausar S. Khan also spoke on the occasion.