Daily Times

Karachi: Ziauddin University on Monday to marked the International Nurses & Midwives Day, and 197th birthday of Florence Nightingale at the Ziauddin College of Nursing to highlight current health issues and to show many way nurses serve the communities.

Speaking on the occasion Mehtab Akbar Rashidi, Member Standing Committee on Primary Health, Sindh said that today the world is celebrating humanity. “We see humanity in professions like nursing, and today is the day to celebrate it, so we all are celebrating humanity, dear nurses go out and serve society, it’s your day”, she said adding “Women have every right to be proud of themselves, you can deny everything but woman is a woman, you can’t deny this.”

Talking about Nurses and Midwives, Dr. Rozina Karmaliani, Professor, School of Nursing, Aga Khan University, said that “The Wealth of nation depends on our health and health of our nation depends on nursing and midwifery, it is our profession and we are proud of it.” She also discussed about sustainable development goals, universality, integration and transformation. “You all are playing role of a mother to this nation, so consider yourselves as a full partner for patients”, she observed.

Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim, Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University said that nursing college is the oldest entity associated with Ziauddin University. Nurses are indication of change, and they are trained for this particular area. This day gives us motivation; to train more nurses with latest technologies.

On this occasion, students of College of Nursing took oath and presented lamp lighting ceremony to pay tribute to Florence Nightingale on her 107th birthday.