Nurse

On the occasion of International Nurses Day, May 12, PM Narendra Modi commended nurses' "dedication and compassion" and emphasized their "vital role" in keeping the world healthy. Every year on May 12, International Nurses Day is observed to honor the contributions of nurses all around the world. It also commemorates the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, an English social reformer and the founder of modern nursing. 

In a bizarre incident, doctors in the United Kingdom's Lincon County Hospital managed to pull a patient, Monica Almeida, out of the coma with the help of Viagra after 45 days. The 37-year-old patient went into a coma due to coronavirus on November 16. ''It was definitely the Viagra that saved me,'' said Almeida. Reportedly, Viagra helps to expand our blood vessels and also relaxes the lungs. 

In a US court, a former nurse, accused of raping an intellectually disabled woman in 2018 in an Arizona health care facility, pleaded guilty on September 2. Reportedly, the accused nurse Nathan Sutherland was arrested following the woman who gave birth to a baby in January 2019 and authorities confirmed his DNA with the baby. The sentence of Sutherland is scheduled to be completed on November 4.

A 19-day-old baby’s toe was nibbled by rats in a hospital at Indore district of Madhya Pradesh on May 18. The carelessness was reported when the mother went to feed her baby and saw the toe bleeding. Taking an action, the hospital superintendent suspended a nurse citing medical negligence and dismissed two sanitation workers. Meanwhile, the baby is safe now and a three-membered committee is probing the incident.