Emergence of Nursing as a Profession in Nineteenth-Century Bengal

I express but the simple truth when I say that, as a body, the nurses are respectable, quiet, and willing attendants on the sick, who wish to do their duty faithfully; and who quietly and conscientiously endeavour by day and night to be of service to those who are helpless and in pain, and who, without their good offices, must of necessity be comparatively unhappy and neglected. On the whole, since I have been there, I have been much pleased with the spirit evinced by the nurses in the hospital, and there can be no doubt that it would be almost a public calamity were want of funds to necessitate their removal. We much require more of them, if possible. It is the duty of the public to contribute towards the maintenance and success of such an admirable establishment as the Calcutta Hospital Nurses’ Institution.