Nurses return after training from Turkey

LAHORE

A 20-member group of nurses have returned from Turkey after completing two months nursing training course on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

The group was warmly received at the Lahore airport by Director General Nursing Kousar Perveen, LGH Deputy Chief Nursing Superintendent Farhat Mahboob and other staff as directed by Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education  Secretary Najam Shah, according to a handout issued here on Sunday. The family members of the nurses were also present at the airport who along with others chanted slogans of 'Pak-Turkey Friendship Zindabad' on the occasion.

The foreign-trained nurses told that Turk government accorded them special protocol and best hospitality during their stay in Turkey. The nurses, belonging to LGH, PIC, Jinah Hospital and hospitals of Multan and Bahawalpur said that they were imparted modern training on how to deal with patients from their arrival to hospital till recovery, ward management and other skills through lectures, visits and useful information. 

Madam Kousar Pervin and Farhat Mahboob appreciated the health vision of the chief minister and said that his health policies had provided an effective healthcare system to the masses.

Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had managed dengue training for doctors and nurses in Thailand and other countries some years ago to overcome the menace and now he had got the nurses trained abroad in order to ensure quality healthcare in the province. 

Deputy Chief Nursing Superintendent Farhat Mahboob said that the training which Pakistani nurses had got from Turkey would also be transferred to their colleagues so that maximum healthcare could be provided to patients.