Malayali nurses are the brand ambassadors of Kerala to the world: Dr Purohit

New Delhi : Malayali nurses are the brand ambassadors of Kerala in the world.   They provide soothing balm to patients across all continents. About 60 per cent of the nurses in India are Malayalis and almost 100 per cent of the nurses population at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi are Keralites. said Dr Naresh Purohit, Executive Member of the Federation of Hospital Administrators.

Addressing a webinar organised by the Delhi based National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) on the occasion of International Nurses Day,  last week,  acclaimed Public Health expert Dr Purohit said that if doctors are the hands of the Almighty, then the cloth which wraps around and comforts us is definitely the nurse who spends her days and nights caring for the patients and remain by their side during agony. Sacrifice, tolerance, patience and presence of mind are just a few of the excellent qualities they possess.

“Nursing is no easy task. The bond a nurse shares with the patients is one which a doctor will not have. They are the ones who stick around till the very end and take care of us.”he added.

“According to a recent WHO report nurses trained in India form a significant portion of internationally educated nurses working overseas, second to nurses trained in the Philippines. It is estimated that over 30 percent of nurses who studied in Kerala work in the United Kingdom or the United States of America, with 15 percent in Australia and 12 percent in the Middle East.” renowned physician said

“Kerala’s migrant nurses work predominantly in the private sector.
In the Gulf region, Indians comprise 80 per cent of the nurses population , of which Malayalis make up 70 per cent.” he added

He pointed that 1.5 lakh crore NRI deposits in Kerala’s banks comes from the sweat and blood of the Malayali nurses.

*Dr. Narresh Purohit-MD, DNB, DIH, MHA, MRCP(UK), is an Epidemiologist, and Advisor-National Communicable Disease Control Program of Govt. of India, Madhya Pradesh and several state Health organizations.    He’s  the Principle Investigator – Association of Studies In Behavioural Science),                 Dr. Purohit is also Advisor-National Mental Health Program  and Executive Member of the Federation of Hospital Administrators.