World Health Day: LASUTH,Director Of Nursing Harps on Improvement of Profession

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) joined millions of health workers across the world to celebrates World Health Day.

Brandnewsday reports that the day is a global health awareness day which is celebrated 7th of April of every year, under the umbrella of the World Health Organization (WHO), alongside other related health organizations.

This online platform reveals that the theme for the year 2020 of World Health Day is focused on the important role carried out by nurses and midwives in providing health care around the world. The 2020 theme was carefully selected to appreciate and celebrate the work of nurses and midwives across the world not forgetting how they keep the world healthy.

Speaking with the Assistant Director of Nursing Services in LASUTH, Mrs Adebola Aina, she said the world should recognize the nursing profession. Aina added that the nursing profession is a noble one, and can only be practised by someone with a large heart. She noted that aside from taking care of the sick, the profession also aids in disseminating health education, immunizing children; preventing sicknesses and diseases through creating awareness.

The LASUTH Assistant Director of Nursing Services further stated that to boost the profession there should be increase in salaries and provision of effective work tools.”

Speaking on the vital role and importance of the nursing profession, WHO alongside the ADNS, pointed out the nature of the profession, especially in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Nurses and other health workers are at the forefront of COVID-19 response – providing high quality, respectful treatment and care, leading community dialogue to address fears and questions and in some instances, collecting data for clinical studies. Quite simply, without nurses, there would be no response.”

Reiterating on the need for more training as one of the relevant ways to celebrate those in the profession, the ADNS made mention that the government can do a lot in giving nurses the opportunity to access trainings locally and internationally, “nurses would be more enlightened by experiencing what obtains in other climes and adapting it to their practice back home; and this can only be achieved when funds, grants and sponsorships are available.”