Bokamoso celebrates Nurses Day

Nurses Day celebration at Bokamoso Private Hospital. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Nurses Day celebration at Bokamoso Private Hospital. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

May 12 is marked as International Nurses Day and every year nurses come together to celebrate their profession, its history, and every nurse, past and present.

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the last two years have been challenging for the healthcare sector and that has given them a reason to celebrate this day heartily.

Bokamoso Private Hospital hosted an amazing nurses day celebration under the theme ‘Nurses: A voice to lead-invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health’.

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