Expansion of nursing colleges urged.

QUETTA -- The leaders of Pakhtunkhwah Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) on Thursday said that in view of the importance and need of the nursing sector, nursing colleges should be expanded and all kinds of support should be provided to it.

The Central Secretary of PKMAP Sahiba Barich and the provincial Secretary of Human Rights and Women's Affairs, Arifa Siddiq said that currently, 925 nurses were working in the hospitals of the province, while according to the standards of World Health Organization (WHO) and Pakistan Nursing Council, there must be one nurse on one bed in ICU and in wards one nurse on three beds

However, there is one nurse available to manage 15 beds in the ICU which is...

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