Of noble professions
Read a diary of nurse Mary Ntata, who trained in UK and had returned to her home country, Malawai, Southern Africa on BBC news online.Reminded me of a dialogue in Munnabhi MBBS. "Jab patient thik hota hai, tab sab doctor ko thank you bolta hai. Saala tum sabki kacharpatti uthata hai, tum ko koi thank you nahi bolta." This was Sanjay Dutt talking to a sweeper. He goes on to thank him and get him out of his grumpy mood.
But how true that is of nurses too!
Due to my mom's profession, I have had the opportunity to get to know nurses on a personal level. You will be amazed at how they can have a smile on their face in the morning, even after a long 10 pm to 7 am night shift. They know no weekends and government holidays.
Today the World health organization reports a lack of 4 million health workers. The figures in Africa are dismal.
We are fortunate to be living in countries that do not face shortage of health workers.
This is a tribute to Mary Ntata and others like her, who have chosen this noble profession.
posted by PH @ Friday, April 07, 2006
2 Comments:
PH,
Interesting find.. as u said we are really fortunate to have been born in a country where patient care was not that grave.
I think nurses have an equal hand in making health administration successful for the recovering patients. Kudos to them!!!
Yes, hail the nurses. They do the ground work with cheer most of the time.
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