Homabay, 17 May, 2024 / 10:36 pm (ACI Africa).
New nurses, who graduated from St. Joseph's Mission Hospital, Migori School of Nursing under the auspices of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Homa Bay have been called upon to practice their nursing profession in line with Catholic values.
In his homily during the 5th graduation ceremony of the Catholic health institution on Friday, May 17, Bishop Michael Otieno Odiwa of Homa Bay Diocese also cautioned against the temptation to prioritize financial benefits over service delivery.
“This is a Catholic institution, and having prepared you in all aspects, you may now go out and operate from the Catholic ethical point of view,” Bishop Odiwa said at St. Joseph’s Mission Hospital of his Episcopal See.
He challenged the new nurses to take their medical oaths seriously. The oaths they were taking, the Catholic Bishop said, are not mere "lip service" but need to originate from their hearts and serve as a guide during their medical practice.
The oaths, he further said, “should spring from your hearts to give yourselves wholeheartedly from your love of God and from the voice that is speaking in your heart as the love of God and His people so that you operate in generosity and selflessness.”
