5th Annual Research Seminar of School of Nursing – KGH
While speaking on the fifth research seminar of the School of Nursing, Kharadar General Hospital, President of the hospital and Chancellor IoBM, Mohammad Bashir Janmohammad said that modern research should be adopted to tackle the medical challenges facing the country. Research in the field of nursing not only saves precious lives, but also health education and awareness will make prevention of diseases. Chairman of the hospital and renowned medical researcher Professor Abdul Ghaffar Billoo said that the introduction of ORS (Nimkol) saved the lives of millions of children affected by diarrheal disease and this research was conducted at a renowned hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. children can be saved from diseases by bringing the vaccination coverage up to 95%. The special guest of the event Prof. Hakim Ali, Principal Indus Nursing School said that it is important to keep research in the field of nursing.
Government and non-government medical institutions should play a supporting role in research thus medical problems are being highlighted and will be resolved. Dr. Khalid Iqbal, chief executive of the hospital, said that we have failed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in terms of maternal deaths, deaths of children under 5 years of age, malaria, TB and HIV control. Even today, Pakistan needs to make a significant effort in the manpower and efficiency of nursing. He said that Europe has been benefiting from the research of Muslim scientists till the seventeenth century. Promoting research is mandatory for the development of nations. Principal School of Nursing, Kharadar General Hospital, Talat Parveen Shah said that the culture of education, training and research must be nurtured to make the nursing profession dignified. Today’s nursing students entering the field of research will go on to become tomorrow’s researchers and research stars. Meanwhile the students of the school Presented research papers on Social Attitudes to Immunizations, Maternal knowledge of diarrheal disease, the increasing trend of operations for maternity and the rate of Hepatitis C among health workers. The heads of the leading nursing institutions and research staff of Karachi paid great tribute to the excellent arrangements of the research seminar and said that the real service to the nation can only be done by promoting research activities. Later, supervisors and faculty members were presented with shields for assisting in the research process.
