Desh Bhagat University Faculty of
Nursing celebrated World Nurses’ Day in a special manner. To mark this day, a
weeklong health awareness programme was arranged. On the final day of the
proagramme a special function was organised. University Chancellor Dr. Zora
Singh inaugurated the event and appreciated the initiative taken by the nursing
students. Speaking on this occassion, he said that International Nurses Day is
marked every year to celebrate the contributions to society and medical care
made by nurses around the world. The date was chosen as Florence Nightingale's
birth anniversary – to celebrate the 'lady with the lamp' who nursed wounded
soldiers during the Crimean War, and whose progressive ideas and reforms
influenced the nature of modern-day nursing.
Giving more details about the awareness
week programmes, Director Faculty of Nursing Dr. Ramandeep Dhillon said that
nursing students took part in different activities. The students organised a
door to door campaign to create awareness among people regarding Drugs,
Diabetes, Cancer, Epilepsy and other different diseases.
The students
distributed pictorial pamphlets to spread awareness among school students,
local residents and surrounding areas of Amloh and Fatehgarh Sahib. The
students also urged the people to keep their surroundings clean and green and
grow maximum number of trees.
Later, the students who had made
excellent performance in events like awareness activities, quiz contest, poster
making, speech contest and other competitions were honoured.
Vice-Chancellor
Dr. Virinder Singh also appreciated the move and said that such programmes are
very helpful for the people, especially for the rural area people who will get
to know more information and they would take precautions as it is well said and
accepted that Precaution is Better than Cure.
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