The President calls nurses “indispensable” and reaffirms the administration’s commitment to better working conditions, improved benefits, and expanded training for the nation’s healthcare workforce.
President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu marked International Nurses Day on Tuesday with a heartfelt tribute to the country’s nursing community, describing the profession as “a cornerstone of sustainable healthcare” and pledging continued government support to address the challenges nurses face across the Maldives.
In a statement released on the occasion, the President emphasised that nurses play vital roles across the full spectrum of healthcare, from direct patient care and recovery support to disease prevention and community wellbeing. As global health challenges continue to evolve, he noted, the importance of the nursing profession has never been greater.
President Muizzu outlined a broad set of commitments his administration intends to uphold for the nursing sector. These include improving working conditions and employment benefits, strengthening health sector policies, and expanding training and professional development opportunities — all aimed at building what he described as “a stronger, more resilient healthcare system for the future.”
The statement also underscored the government’s recognition of nurses’ personal development needs alongside their professional ones, signalling an approach that looks beyond clinical performance metrics to the holistic wellbeing of healthcare workers.
International Nurses Day, observed annually on 12 May, is the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale serves as a global moment of recognition for the nursing profession. This year’s theme from the International Council of Nurses focuses on the economic power of care, highlighting nurses’ central role in health system sustainability worldwide.
The President concluded his message by extending “sincere thanks to all nurses for their invaluable service to our nation,” a sentiment widely echoed by health officials and citizens across the country.
