Summary:
For the 330 seats of GNM course, as many as 675 applicants appeared for the centralised counselling held at the Government School of Nursing, Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Civil Hospital, here yesterday. Most of the candidates at the counselling centre conceded that they had a desire to go abroad and the GNM course was in demand outside India. The participating institutes included the host college; Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra Memorial Government School of Nursing; IMH Mental Hospital; Government GNM Training School, Civil Hospital, Bathinda; Government GNM School of Nursing, Civil Hospital, Gurdaspur; Government School of Nursing Mata Kaushalaya Hospital, Patiala; Government Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Sciences, Civil Hospital, Ropar; and Government Nursing Training School, Comrade Jagdish Chander Freedom Fighter Civil Hospital, Sangrur. Deepkamal KaurTribune News ServiceJalandhar, September 8A demand for nursing passouts in abroad is perhaps driving more girls to pursue the General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) course from seven government nursing colleges of Punjab. It took so long to get the medical test done.” BI Goyal, director, Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra Memorial Government School of Nursing,Bathinda, conducted the counselling..