Published 17:25 IST, June 9th 2023
Fact Check: Nurses to be addressed as 'Nursing officers'? Govt debunks fake claims
The Indian Nursing Council has called the viral notification "fake and fabricated". It said that no such document has been issued by the council.
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Recently, social media platforms including WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook were abuzz with posts claiming that all B.Sc nursing candidates will be dressed as 'Nursing officers'. post also claimed that work of nurses will be "almost equal" to MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery).
Centre has now debunked fake news. Press Informational Bureau's fact-check handle said that Indian Nursing Council h issued no such notification. Union Health Ministry has also clarified that viral document is fake.
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Indian Nursing Council calls 'fake and fabricated'
Indian Nursing Council has called viral notification "fake and fabricated". It said that no such document has been issued by council and signatures are also "fake".
"All concerned are being vised to ignore above fake and fabricated notification and desist from circulating or taking notice of fake notification in social media circles/or platforms. Indian Nursing Council is contemplating taking action to identify persons involved in circulating this fake notification and for prosecuting m appropriately," it said.
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fake document, which stated it was issued by Indian Nursing Council Secretary Lt Col (Dr.) Sarvjeet Kaur, claimed, "To consider Bsc nursing candidates as nursing officers and to consider m as equal to MBBS and to consider m as junior doctors."
"To secure long pending demands of nursing candidates and to secure ir future, some important decisions were taken today after various important meetings which are as follows," claimed fake notification, debunked by PIB, Health Ministry and Indian Nursing Council.
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"Today all Bachelor Nursing candidates are given title of 'Nursing Officer' from our side, in future y will be known by this name work of Bachelor Nursing candidates is almost equal to work of MBBS candidates. It cannot be denied at all that in future we can think of calling m junior doctors," it claimed.
17:25 IST, June 9th 2023