Wednesday, September 28, 2011: State government has decided to give
up an order making the one-year internship compulsory for nursing
students in the state.
An assurance in this regard was given today by Health Minister Adoor
Prakash in the assembly while replaying to a submission made by Shafi
Parambil (Cong).
Internship was part of the courses offered to para-medical students
by different universities in the state and so, there was no need for a
compulsory one-year internship, he said.
Shafi said nursing students were being exploited by self-financing
nursing colleges by forcing them to work a regular staff in hospitals in
the name of internship.
