Graduation Ceremony of Sri Ramakrishna Institute
Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, Coimbatore, R. Radhakrishnan (second right), presents the best outgoing student award in B.Sc Nursing to A. Subhashini (second left) at the Graduation Ceremony of Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences in the city on Friday. President of the Trained Nurses Association of India, New Delhi, A.B. Kulkarni (third left); Managing Trustee of the college R. Venkatesalu (right); and college principal Seethalakshmi (left); are in the picture.Nurses who have put in some years of experience can be given the designation of junior doctors and sent to villages for rural service. This will be of more use than sending fresh inexperienced doctors, R. Radhakrishnan, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, Coimbatore, said here on Friday.Speaking at the combined graduation and lamp lighting ceremony of the College of Nursing, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, he said that the Medical Council should consider introducing a lateral entry for nurses by which they can update their qualification to become doctors like that of the one in engineering.Lamenting that the number of medical colleges is very less compared to those in engineering, he remarked that in 25 years the number of doctors would come down with the high influx of specialised machines that would be able to detect many ailment.
Speaking on the job opportunities in the area of nursing, he said that there was no dearth of jobs both in India and abroad for nurses.“Indian nurses are considered to be the best in the world.” He complimented the first year nursing students who had chosen to pursue a degree in nursing when there were other courses that offered attractive and lucrative opportunities to make more money. Mr. Radhakrishnan called for inter-disciplinary research between medicine and engineering to enhance the technology in medicine.R. Venkatesalu, Managing Trustee, SNR Sons Charitable Trust; A.B. Kulkarni, president, Trained Nurses Association of India, New Delhi; and Seetha Lakshmi, principal of the college, spoke.
