Kohima: Nagaland’s Health & Family Welfare Principal Director Dr. Neiphi Kire said the state does not have its own ‘Nagaland Nursing Council’ even after attainment of the 50 years of the statehood and still follows Assam Nursing Council.
The state needs its own nursing council for the welfares of the nurses, he said during the general body meeting of Nagaland In-Service Doctors Association (NIDA) here last week. In the absence of the state nursing council, he said that the state is compelled to rush to Guwahati to take permission for taking examination and the registration fee has to be paid to Assam Nursing Council. In this, he stressed on the need to own the Nagaland Nursing Council. He said all the neighboring states own it except Nagaland. He stated that due to some technical concern nursing service have been stagnant and many were retiring without seniority benefits.
Stating that after doctor, it is the nurse responsible for taking care of the patient 24 hours, he said that nurse as a profession is much sought-after these days and many young people, especially women, want to study nursing, however there is no enough nursing institutes to accommodate the aspiring candidates.
