Father Muller Charitable Institutions
Father Muller Medical College Hospital
(Accredited by NABH, NABL)
News
Florence Nightingale Award to Nurse PRECILLA
Jun 17, 2023
Nurse Precilla
Rodrigues who works at Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Mangalore has
won the Florence Nightingale award from the Karnataka government this 12 June
2023. It was a proud moment for her as her nomination sent by the Hospital had
been selected and kept for final deliberations leading to
being presented the award.
Nurse Precilla exclaimed it to be the proudest
moment for her where her institution and thereafter the government felt that
she deserved the praise worthy award. On being handed over the award by the
Chief Minister of Karnataka State Shri Siddaramaiah in presence of various
dignitaries made it even more special.
The whole Hospital broke in praise and applause for
Nurse Precilla as she returned on receiving the award from Bengaluru. Her
colleagues and the doctors were appreciative of her being bestowed such a honour,
as they have been always supported by her in times of need.
Rev. Fr Richard Aloysius Coelho, Director of the
Father Muller Charitable Institutions echoed the hospitals sentiments through
an internal circular which appreciated the hard work, ethics and dutifulness of
Nurse Precilla. He felt proud that even after 143 years of the institutions
hospital being into existence the nursing care of this hospital resonates all
over the globe. Having received the award shows the resilience of a nurse and
the patience they have on their vocation.
Nurse Precilla is a spark of talent and skill in the
Emergency/Casualty of the Father Muller Medical College Hospital at
Kankanady, Mangalore. Her quick thinking
and ingenuity has helped save may lives' and averted many health crises. Her
personal interest in patient care and coordination throughout the hospital is
noteworthy and appreciated even by her patients.
The casualty/emergency is a place where thinking
even has no time. Be it accidents, health scare or brought dead is the everyday
scene. The staff helming the triage area need to be prudent yet ethical in
approach seeing that a little help maximizes the patients' health. Dedicated and Committed staff need to be
posted who know what needs to be done to the patients and also how to
communicate with the bystanders.
Nurse Precilla has qualities that befit her to the
casualty/emergency area. Her courage and no nonsense attitude has helped many,
even doctors and junior staff in treating patients better. She has received
many internal appreciative awards and has been always the go-to nurse in case
of faculty or staff emergencies.
Born in Kukkala Karnataka, currently working as
Emergency Ward Nursing In charge in Father Muller's Medical College Hospital Mangalore 1250 bed capacity multi-specialty, she in
between has traversed the globe and educated herself to be the best in what she
does. She
worked as Senior Charge Nurse and Clinical Resource Nurse in Peritoneal
Dialysis Unit At king Fahd Hospital of The
University, Saudi Arabia. (With 550 bed capacity, 20 wards) JCI
Accredited and CBAHI Accredited University Teaching Hospital between April
2006- June 2018; Staff Nurse in Father Muller's Medical
College Hospital Mangalore between April 2000-Feb 2006; attended many seminars,
symposiums and workshops; awarded by nursing service department (FMMCH) on the
occasion of 202nd birthanniversary of Florence nightingale, held on
12th may2022. She has many more laurels that has made her the
finalist for the award.
The Management Committee of the Father Muller
Medical College Hospital came in full support for nurse Precilla and
congratulated her in the Council Hall of the Institutions. Director Fr Richard
A. Coelho; Administrators' Fr Ajith Menezes, Fr JeevanSequeira; Asst
Administrators' Fr Nelson Pais, Fr Rohan Dias, Chief Nursing Officer SrDhanyaDevasia;
Medical Superintendent Dr Uday Kumar; Nursing Superintendent Nurse Helen Lobo;
Liaison Officer Dr Kelvin Pais took part in the joyous celebrations.
Nurse Precilla is wife of Mr Ronald Dsouzaand, mother of ReemaTreeza Dsouza. Reema has taken off into healthcare as her ambition of life to work in health field and to help people like her mom studying MBBS in the Father Muller Medical College in 1st year now.
