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State govt to utilize nursing students for treatment of Covid patients

The order issued by the officer on special duty (OSD), nursing, on 11 January stated, to augment human resources for covid management & as per instruction of Indian Nursing Council, if need arises, the nursing students can also be roped to handle the crisis, as per their level of skills & training under direct supervision of Clinical Nurse/Clinical Instructors/Tutors/ Nursing Teachers.”

India needs 4.3 mn nurses by 2024 to meet WHO norms

According to the State of World's Nursing India profile, almost 47 per cent of India's health workforce consists of nurses and midwives. With 1.7 nurses per 1,000 population, India falls short of the WHO recommended rate of 3 nurses per 1,000 population.

Senior nurses can treat patients: CM

We have already trained quacks in rural Bengal so that they could provide basic medical treatments to patients in primary health centres. I will also hold another meeting on 16 September with principals of five medical colleges in the city at SSKM to review the healthcare system in these teaching hospitals