Nurses have been advised to carry out their duties professionally and with compassion.
The Chairperson of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Comrade Adaku Bridget Nwosu gave the advice during a one day sit-out organised for Elele Nurses Forum (ENF) by Medical Visions for Peace (MPV) in Port Harcourt.
According to her, nurses should should be compassionate while handling sick people, bearing in mind that the harsh economic situation in Nigeria has resulted to so many sick people whose first point of call is the hospital.
She reminded them that the sick people in the hospital who are usually upset and agitated require care and pamper to ensure they go home better and happier.
She further asked them to Show equal love and care to all patients irrespective of class and status while adhering to the ethics of the profession.
Mrs Nwosu thanked the founder and CEO of MPV, Dr Ogu Emejuru for celebrating nurses from his clan and advised him to partner with his brothers abroad to make it bigger and accommodate other local government areas in Rivers State.
On her part, the Coordinator of Nurses MVP, Nigeria, Kechinyere Orgba expressed happiness that MPV, a non-governmental organisation based in the United States of America has recognised the efforts nurses put in the health care system.
The elated treasurer of NANNM commended Medical Visions for Peace for celebrating the unsung heroes, adding that nurses are the unsung heroes who nobody celebrates and thanked the founder and CEO of MPV for his kind gesture.
Meanwhile the founder and CEO of Medical Visions for Peace (MPV), Dr. Ogu Emejuru has in acknowledgement of the fact that nurses form an important backbone of healthcare delivery worldwide especially in Nigeria, celebrated Elele Nurses Forum (ENF) in Port Harcourt.
He noted that nurses occupy a strategic chain link that stretches from policy formulation to the practical impact on the health care of the community and stressed the need for them to be celebrated and cared for.
Dr. Emejuru, who is also the attending Pediatrician Children ‘s Hospital of the Kings Daughters, Eastern Virginia Medical School, informed that MVP has carried out medical missions in states like Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Nassarawa, and Kaduna in Nigeria, including Trinidad and Tobago adding that a medical mission was recently concluded in partnership with AmeriCares and FAAN for the Airport Authority workers in Lagos.
The special adviser to the former Governor of Rivers State, Rt Hon. Rotimi Amaechi stated that his action is in line with this year’s International Nurses Week theme “Our Nurses, our Future. Caring for Nurses strengthens the Economies “.
It will be recalled that the International Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6th to 12th.
