ISLAMABAD, (Parliament Times): Dr. Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital (ANTH), Islamabad Medical & Dental College (IMDC) and Islamabad Nursing College (INC) organized a colorful event to commemorate International Nurses Day 2023 with an aim to pay tribute to the nursing community for their invaluable services to the humanity. A large number of nurses, nursing students, nursing faculty, doctors, other medical professionals and peop e from different walks of life participated enthusiasticallyin the event where tableau, songs, quiz, parody skits and poetry segments were performed.The audience learnt a great deal about the profession of nursing from these activities and from the insightful speeches of the management and nursing professionals.
IMDC and ANTH Chairman Dr. Ghulam Akbar Khan Niazi, Managing Director Yasir Khan Niazi, IMDC Principal Prof. Dr. Syed Irfan Ahmed, Executive Director ANTH Col (R) Dr. Ghulam Mujtaba Abbasi, Director Dr. Areej Neyazi and Chief Nursing Officer Riffat Farzana along with other top management officials were also present on this occasion to acknowledge and appreciate nurses’ dedication, compassion, and unwavering commitment to providing exceptional care to the patients. Yasir Khan Niazi said nurses are the backbone of the healthcare system so much that it is impossible to ensure the delivery of quality healthcare without well-trained nurses. He further added that Islamabad Nursing College is working on increasing its capacity to produce a larger number of trained nurses to help fill the gap of nursing care in Pakistan. The Chairman and Managing Director distributed awards and certificates among nurses in acknowledgement of their immeasurable contributions in caregiving. The nurses and their management were glad and thanked the hospital and college management for organizing such a successful event for the nursing community.
