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Australian High Commissioner James Batley has acknowledged the work of Fiji nurses.
Speaking at the Fiji Nursing Association’s annual general meeting in Suva Saturday, Batley said we are often reminded of the debt we owe to nurses.
“Too often you are taken for granted.
“….so on behalf of everyone who has ever benefitted from the care and attention of nurses,
today I think it is my responsibility – but also my pleasure – to say thank you to you and all your colleagues,” he told participants.
Batley said there can be few professions which touch the life of virtually every individual, from the very moment of birth through to the end.
“But the theme of your AGM alerts us to the key role that nurses, and the nursing profession, play not only in the life of individuals, but in the life of communities, of nations.”
He said for any country, well-functioning health systems are the foundation of productive workforces and national development in the broadest sense.
“It is no coincidence that three of the United Nations’ eight Millennium Development Goals are directly related to your line of work: Reducing Child Mortality; Improving Maternal Health; and Combatting HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
Nurses are in the front line in all these areas.”
He added that right now, the nursing profession is once again in the front line as the world faces the threat of the H1N1 influenza pandemic.
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