Sitharaman encourages nursing students to learn local language

Chennai, PTI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday appealed to students keen to take up nursing as a profession to learn the local language wherever they get an opportunity to serve. Globally, there has been a huge demand for Indian nurses and learning a language irrespective of the country, would offer its benefits, she said at an event here. Detailing how Indian nurses are valued overseas, Sitharaman recalled her visit to Singapore ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with his counterpart in that country.

“About four cabinet ministers went there before the prime minister’s visit and during our interaction with the Singapore prime minister, it was very much visible how much significance was given to Indian medicine, nurses and physiotherapists,” she said after inaugurating the Sankara College of Nursing (Women) here. Sitharaman said the Centre was giving importance to the medical sector and encouraging more youngsters to take up courses in nursing. “Our government is giving importance to the medical sector as well.

We are concentrating more on the nursing courses and encouraging the youth to join this course,” she said. Sitharaman further said about 800 nurses from India, whether they may hail from Tamil Nadu or Assam, have gone to Singapore to serve there in the last two-three years.