IMPHAL, JULY 8: The demand of Manipuri nurses are on the rise not only in the national healthcare sector but also in international arena considering their dedication, devotion, honestly and the hard work.
After the Japanese authority reportedly made a proposal to Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh to send 15,000 trained nurses for working in Japanese hospitals, the Trinidad and Tobago, a Latin American country also requested to send 100 trained nurses in their country.
The Director of Health Services Manipur government Dr O Ibomcha confirming this during an exclusive interaction here, said, a Director General of Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago made a proposal in this regard recently.
“I think it was during the Yaoshang festival (March), the said officer phone me to send at least 100 trained nurses for serving in their country,” says Dr Ibomcha. “But I suggested to come through proper channel (through Union Ministry of External affairs) so that the security of our nurses can be checked.”
The Foreign official also informed that the monthly salary of a nurse in the country would be not less than one Lakh rupees if the Trinidad and Tobago dollar was converted into Indian currency, he added.Having a population of just 1,328,029 (2011 census), Trinidad and Tobago, a dual-island Caribbean nation near Venezuala with distinctive creole traditions and cuisines, operates under a two-tier health system having both private and public facilities.
However Director Ibomcha made it clear that he had no knowledge about the Japanese embassy’s proposal to send 15,000 trained nurses for working in Japanese hospitals.
Interestingly Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh while addressing International Nurses’ Day function at the state run Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences here on May 13 this year said that the Japanese embassy made the proposal due to good reputation of Manipuri nurses working in various health care centres across the country.
Though it is not clear when Japanese authority made the proposal, it is believed that officials might have made the proposal during their recent visits to Manipur during the state’s annual tourism festival, Sangai. The premier healthcare centre-Regional Institute of Medical Sciences here has a nursing college while Shija Hospitals and Research Institute, a private hospital, which also runs a nursing college, had trained six nurses from Myanmar two years ago.
