Birchleigh Clinic honours nurses on International Nurse Day
Nurses were honoured and appreciated by Ward 15 Clr Amanda Davison and facility manger, Sr Liza Human.
Birchleigh Clinic celebrated its nursing staff on May 12 for International Nurses Day.
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Ward 15 Clr Amanda Davison spoke at the event and expressed her appreciation to the nurses for their dedication and passion in changing the lives of community members.
“International Nurses Day was established in honour of the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale.
“She was fondly referred to as ‘the lady with the lamp’. You are all a shining light in our community,” said Davison.
“Nurses are the frontline, the first line of defence. It is such an important integral role in society.
“Today we celebrate the valuable work you do. Nursing is sadly sometimes unappreciated and undermined.
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“You deal with various issues daily, physical, emotional, psycho-social and not to mention the challenges of long hours, low pay, staff shortages and sometimes even violence.
“The theme of International Nurses Day 2023 is ‘Our Nurses, Our Future’. Very relevant as you also do a lot of health-related education.
“I must say the clinic is doing well as I have not received any calls or complaints about the clinic but only positive compliments.
“We celebrate your selfless contribution to our community. From myself and community members we are proud to share this day with you,” said Davison.
Birchleigh Clinic facility manager Sister Liza Human has been a nurse for 18 years and joined the clinic in January this year.
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She said nurses can bring hope to the community.
“I still believe that there is a space for nursing. In today’s tough times technology is taking over but we still need more professional nurses with passion and people to bring the light and love in the darkness.
“We as nurses can bring hope where there is darkness,” said Human.
The chairperson of the clinic committee, Tiyani Makamu, said the clinic has improved from last year as they developed clinic committee meetings once a month with community members.
“With more community members in the clinic committee meetings, we can help each other to improve the quality of service as it has improved since committee meetings have started.
“These days there are hardly any negative complaints in the suggestion box but only positive and compliments received.”
He added that the clinic was doing well under very difficult circumstances, which included staff shortages.
Community members who want to get involved in clinic committee meetings may contact Davison on 072 517 4121 or Human on 011 972 1913.
