Patients get reassured to great extent when the behavior of the doctors and nurses is good. It plays a big role in speedy recovery of the patients, enunciated Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb after inaugurating ‘Sevajyoti-2022’ programme held on the occasion of International Nurses Day at Rabindra Bhawan today. He said, besides behaving well with the patients, the main duty of the nurses is to provide healthcare services with the virtue of patience, which is why it is essential for all nurses to have present mindedness along with good behavior and must be able to speak kindly. Only then the relation of patient and nurse will be smooth which will help highly in providing treatment. In the beginning of the programme, The Chief Minister and other dignitaries paid floral tribute to the portrait of Florence Nightingale.
The Chief Minister said, people visit hospital when they are sick. That time, it is important for doctors and nurses to provide them treatment with smile and patience. Education and healthcare services are the important factors for the development of a state. The state government has been working from the start towards the goal to provide advanced healthcare facilities to the people of the state. It is due to the improvement in health infrastructure of the state, refer cases of patients to outside the state has drastically lessened. Complicated surgeries such as Open-heart surgery, Bypass surgery, Angioplasty, Neuro surgeries are now being performed in the main hospital of the state, GBP Hospital itself.
Speaking about the contributions and dedication of Florence Nightingale, the Chief Minister called on the nurses to follow her inspiration and working with dedication. Only then Florence Nightingale will remain alive within us. He said, women empowerment is important in order to build the state into a self-dependent state. The state government is working towards planning and implementing plans to empower women. According to this policy, 33% seats have been reserved for women in government jobs. There are also different arrangements of special hospital for treatment of women, construction of hostel for working women and revenue relaxation for women in case of land registration.
The Chief Minister said, the women of the state have involved themselves in Self-Help Groups to become self-reliant. About 3 lakh 25 thousand women are involved in different SHGs in the state. Not only this, the state government has planned to provide about 400 new ration shops to women to help them become self-dependent economically. Just recently, 150 ration shops have been provided to women. Such initiative is the first in Tripura.
The Chief Minister said, good behavior, diligence and belief in work generates positive mindset in a person. This positive mindset helps a person to achieve success in life. He called on all health workers including doctors and nurses to move ahead with such positive mindset. Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Dr. Manik Saha as the Chief Guest in the programme said, it is not possible for doctors alone to provide treatment facilities to the patients without the assistance of nurses and healthcare workers. It is due to their combined efforts; it was possible to strongly fight against Covid-19 situation. Nurses toil day and night towards service to people. Even some of them have sacrificed their own lives in the fight against Covid-19. The Member of Parliament paid tribute to those nurses.
Registrar Rebeka Darlong presented annual publication of Tripura Nursing Council in the programme. The Chief Minister also launched an online registration portal for nursing in the programme.
