Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her administration is working to upgrade nurses training standard to an international level to meet growing demand of specialized nurses in home and abroad.
“We are working to upgrade the training system for the nurses to an international level,” she said on Wednesday (Sept 18) while addressing a certificate-awarding ceremony of graduates of the Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialised Hospital and Nursing College in Gazipur.
“We need a large number of nurses. We have built nursing institutes for which specialised nurses are required. And for this, we need to give quality training to them. We have already sent nurses abroad for taking foreign training and are working to make sure they get international level training in the country,” said the prime minister.
The premier said the certificate distribution ceremony among the first graduates from such an international level organisation will also encourage the boys and girls of the country to join this profession.
Describing healthcare service as a noble profession, she said “I hoped that you (fresh graduating nurses), who achieved the certificates through hard working, will engage yourselves in rendering services to the distressed people by applying your acquired knowledge and experience.”
Spelling out her government’s initiative to develop graduate and post-graduate nurses, Hasina said all nurses have to take care of the patients more sincerely as the government has given them honour and elevated their status.
“Once upon a time the nursing profession was mostly neglected despite it is a noble profession, but, the Awami League government has upgraded the status of nurses to second class and increased their salaries in a bid to encourage people joining the profession,” she said.
As many as 79 students, including 57 post basic students, have completed their graduation as the pioneering batch from the college.