LAHORE, THE Nursing Education Department has been set up in Allama
Iqbal Medical College (AIMC) in order to provide higher education and practical
training to nurses.
AIMC/Jinnah Hospital Principal Dr Javed Akram said the purpose of setting up the
new department was to educate the nurses about the latest medical treatment and
train them on modern pattern.
He said nurses in the developed countries were considered backbone of medical
profession.He said in the developed countries there were 4.2 nurses per doctor
while in Pakistan the situation there were 4.5 doctors per nurse which showed
a lack of understanding about the functionality of this profession. He said nurses
played vital role in the management of the wards in the hospitals. He said there
was a need to grant nurses’ department’s its due right so that the
flaws of health delivery system could be removed. He urged the nurses to continue
serving the nation and mankind as a whole.