Treat patients equally â€" Opio
Dec 07, 2008
THE Minister of State for Higher Education, Gabriel Opio, has warned medical workers not to discriminate against people with disabilities.
By Aidah Nanyonjo
THE Minister of State for Higher Education, Gabriel Opio, has warned medical workers not to discriminate against people with disabilities.
Opio, who was officiating at the graduation of Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery on Friday, said there are reports that nurses mistreat people especially those with disabilities.
“It is the worst thing. It does not only contradict your professional ethics but is also an abuse of human rights,â€Opio added.
Over 571 graduands received their certificates in nursing and midwifery.
At the same function, the institution launched the Florence Nightingale Lamp which will keep the graduands practise Nightingale’s pledge of maintaining and elevating standards of nursing.
Florence Nightingale is remembered as a pioneer of nursing and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods. For most of her ninety years, Nightingale pushed for reform of the British military health-care system and with that the profession of nursing started to gain respect.
The principal of the school Margaret Kabanga asked the Government to resolve the on-going conflicts about who owns the nursing school.
“We want to know where we belong. Both ministries of health and education say we are under them and this has subjected our students to two sets of examinations. Both ministries set exams,†she said.
Opio said the ministry had plans of developing the nursing school. He added that the ministry plans to construct a sick bay for the students to reduce the inconvenience they go through as they queue for medical services with patients at Mulago Hospital.
THE Minister of State for Higher Education, Gabriel Opio, has warned medical workers not to discriminate against people with disabilities.
Opio, who was officiating at the graduation of Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery on Friday, said there are reports that nurses mistreat people especially those with disabilities.
“It is the worst thing. It does not only contradict your professional ethics but is also an abuse of human rights,â€Opio added.
Over 571 graduands received their certificates in nursing and midwifery.
At the same function, the institution launched the Florence Nightingale Lamp which will keep the graduands practise Nightingale’s pledge of maintaining and elevating standards of nursing.
Florence Nightingale is remembered as a pioneer of nursing and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods. For most of her ninety years, Nightingale pushed for reform of the British military health-care system and with that the profession of nursing started to gain respect.
The principal of the school Margaret Kabanga asked the Government to resolve the on-going conflicts about who owns the nursing school.
“We want to know where we belong. Both ministries of health and education say we are under them and this has subjected our students to two sets of examinations. Both ministries set exams,†she said.
Opio said the ministry had plans of developing the nursing school. He added that the ministry plans to construct a sick bay for the students to reduce the inconvenience they go through as they queue for medical services with patients at Mulago Hospital.