On International Nurses Day, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan addressed nursing staff of State through video conferencing and webcasting on Wednesday. Praising the work done by nurses during corona pandemic, he said that he salutes their service spirit and courage. He said that Florence Nightingale ‘Lady with the Lamp’ started the great tradition of nursing, 200 years ago. She used to find and treat the wounded soldiers while carrying lanterns with her during the war. International Nursing Day is celebrated on her birthday.

 

Today, we all bow to her. He appreciated work of nurses and mentioned about Bhopal’s nurse Saroj Yadav, Vidisha’s nurse Sunita Tiwari, Agar-Malwa’s nurse Archana Rai, Tikamgarh’s nurse Prafullit Peter, Hamidia Bhopal’s Razia Mansoori and Indore’s nursing incharge Dr Jyoti Sharma. He also made a mention of 15 nurses from Morena, who cancelled their vacations. One of them even extended her marriage.

 

The nurses of Indore are encouraging the patients by singing songs. He also said that work of vaccination is being done on a war-footing in State. Dosages of 5.29 crore vaccines have been ordered for State. He said that care should be taken to ensure that not a single dose of the vaccine is wasted.