5 February 2024: Fresh pass-outs of Woodlands Academics, including doctors, nurses and paramedics, were presented their degree and diploma certificates in the presence of Swasthya Bhawan top brass and the hospital management at a grand convocation of on January 30, 2024.
At the Convocation, nurses who have successfully cleared their BSc Nursing course, paramedical students in radiology, pathology, cath lab, physiotherapy, dialysis, OT, critical care, ECG and doctors who have completed their post-graduation diploma in radiology and anesthesiology under the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) were presented their certificates and mementos.
The ceremony also featured the lamp lighting or oath taking ceremony of the First Year BSc Nursing and GNM students of Woodlands College of Nursing. The ceremony formally declares their entry into the nursing profession. The freshers took the oath holding candles and standing around a life size picture of Florence Nightingale, the English social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.
Woodlands College of Nursing started its journey in 1995, making it one of the oldest private nursing colleges of Kolkata and Eastern India.
The ceremony was graced by Chief Guest Dr Siddhatha Niyogi, Director of Health Services, Guest of Honour Prof (Dr) Aniruddha Neogi, Director of Medical Education, and Ms Manika Gayen, Joint Director of Health Services, Nursing and presided over by Dr Rupali Basu, Managing Director & CEO, Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital Ltd.
In his speech, Dr Siddhartha Niyogi, DHS, stressed on the importance of nurses in the healthcare eco-system with the statistic that an admitted patient sees a nurse for eight hours and a doctor for just a few minutes, unless in an ICU bed. He asked the fresh pass outs to get acquainted with the patients. DME Dr Aniruddha Neogi gave the example of Florence Nightingale’s intervention brining down mortality rate in the Crimean War from 42% to 2% to highlight the importance of infection control, where nurses play a major role. Ms Manika Gayen, Joint Director of Health Services, Nursing, asked the girls to take care of themselves to be able to deliver good care. “Never to go to a bedside on an empty stomach. Take part in sporting and cultural activities to keep stress at bay,” she advised the gathering.
Delivering the presidential address, Dr Basu encouraged the nurses who were making their “exiting entry” in the professional world “to be alert to the needs of patients and agile in delivering care”. “You must answer the needs of patients instantaneously, like urgent or stat medicines are given. You have all the academic knowledge in your armory through your studies. Now is the time to execute at the bedside. Feel the pain and suffering of your patients with all six senses and empathy for them will be manifest automatically in your actions and behaviour towards them,” Dr Basu said.
The programme ended with a cultural programme put up by the students of the nursing college.
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