Manipuri nurses' compassion goes international
Source: The Sangai Express / Courtesy- Eastern Mirror
Imphal, July 09 2016 :
The demand of Manipuri
nurses are on the rise not only in
the national healthcare sector
but also in international arena
considering their dedication,
devotion, honestly and the hard
work.
After the Japanese author-
ity reportedly made a proposal
to Manipur Chief Minister
Okram Ibobi Singh to send
15,000 trained nurses for
working in Japanese hospi-
tals, the Trinidad and Tobago,
a Latin American country also
requested to send 100 trained
nurses in their country.
The Director of Health
Services Manipur Govern-
ment Dr O Ibomcha confirm-
ing this during an exclusive
interaction here, said, a Di-
rector General of Ministry of
Health, Trinidad and Tobago
made a proposal in this re-
gard recently.
"I think it was during the
Yaoshang festival (March),
the said officer phone me to
send at least 100 trained
nurses for serving in their
country," says Dr Ibomcha.
"But I suggested to come
through proper channel
(through Union Ministry of
External affairs) so that the
security of our nurses can be
checked."
The Foreign official also
informed that the monthly
salary of a nurse in the coun-
try would be not less than
one lakh rupees if the Trini-
dad and Tobago dollar was
converted into Indian cur-
rency, he added.
Having a
population of just 1,328,029
(2011 census), Trinidad and
Tobago, a dual-island Carib-
bean nation near Venezuala
with distinctive creole tradi-
tions and cuisines, operates
under a two-tier health sys-
tem having both private and
public facilities.
However Director Ibom-
cha made it clear that he had
no knowledge about the Japa-
nese embassy's proposal to
send 15,000 trained nurses
for working in Japanese hos-
pitals.
Interestingly Manipur
Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh
while addressing International
Nurses' Day function at the
state run Jawaharlal Nehru
Institute of Medical Sciences
here on May 13 this year said
that the Japanese embassy
made the proposal due to
good reputation of Manipuri
nurses working in various
health care centres across the
country.
Though it is not clear when
Japanese authority made the
proposal, it is believed that
officials might have made the proposal during their recent visits to Manipur dur-
ing the state's annual tourism festival, Sangai.
The premier
healthcare centre-Regional Institute of Medical Sciences here has
a nursing college while Shija Hospitals and Research Institute, a
private hospital, which also runs a nursing college, had trained six
nurses from Myanmar two years ago.