An 82-year-old UK-trained retired nurse, Madam Mercy Umoh has said the Nigerian government and health practitioners have a critical role to play in stemming the tide of mass movement of doctors and nurses from Nigeria to overseas for greener pastures.
The Octogenarian nurse fondly known as 'Nurse Mercy' in an interview in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, said the nursing profession is a calling in which anyone who decides to take it up must have sympathy, empathy, humility and a persevering spirit to excel. She encouraged Nigerian nurses to remain selfless in service delivery and handle patients as if they were their family members and friends.
When you say you go to greener pasture, it's somebody that built that pasture, it's somebody that will improve this situation, if you leave, who do you think will do it for you? 'I pray that as much as I would want the government to improve the conditions and train the nurses constantly, those that took up this profession should remember why they took it up; that will help them to persevere and get better conditions.
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