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Nurses are backbone of the healthcare services: Min Sudhakar

09:30 AM May 13, 2020 | Team Udayavani |

Bengaluru: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on World Nurses Day said that the nurses are the frontline warriors in the fight against COVID-19 and their commitment towards duty is commendable.

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The Chief Minister was speaking at the inauguration of Miss Florence Nightingale’s bicentennial anniversary organized by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences at his home office ‘Krishna’.

Yediyurappa added, “In spite of the stress and pressure they go through every day, nurses render quality service in the providing healthcare. There is an enormous demand for nurses around the world.

“I appeal to nurses to continue to render their quality service in this fight against COVID,” he said.

Meanwhile, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said that the nurses are the backbone of the healthcare services and their role in the fight against corona is so large that the whole system would have gone for a toss without their services.

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The Minister said that the Nurses have been renamed as Nursing Officers in recognition of their service.

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