Nurses Rise to the Pandemic Challenge

“International Nurses Day”   By Dr Shama Lohumi As we celebrate International Nurses Day on May 12, it is important to have a look at the pandemic-marred Year 2020, which put the skills, patience and endurance of healthcare professionals to a severe test. Incidentally, it was declared as the “year of the nurses and midwife” to mark the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale by the World Health Organization (WHO). It turned out to be an exceptional year during which nurses were in the forefront of the war against the pandemic and as per…

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