AIIMS employee bags National Florence Nightingale Award 2016

New Delhi, May 13: Suresh Chand Sangi, Trauma Nurse Coordinator at JPN Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, was awarded the National Florence Nightingale Award 2016 by President Pranab Mukherjee, a statement from AIIMS said on Friday.

Sangi, who was awarded on Thursday, had joined the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in December 2006 and was posted in its Trauma Centre since 2007.

He has been actively involved in various academic activities, research studies and projects and is also nurse incharge of the Advanced Trauma Skills and Simulation Facility (ATSSF) at JPN Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS.

Sangi contributed in improvement of trauma care by being an active team member for arranging training programmes for doctors, nurses and paramedics nominated by various government organisations as well as other ministries, the statement said.

IANS