Kala Narayanasamy was among five nurses who received the award, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
Singapore:
A 59-year-old
Indian-born nurse in Singapore received the President's Award for
Nurses for serving on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kala Narayanasamy
was among five nurses who received the award, the health ministry
said on Tuesday.
Each recipient received a trophy, a certificate signed by President Halimah Yacob and 10,000 SGD (7,228 USD).
Ms Narayanasamy, who is the Assistant Director of Nursing at Woodlands Health Campus, was honored for using infection control practices, which she learned during the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, in the current pandemic.
She was involved in the modernization of nursing in Singapore, with her previous projects including implementing an inventory management vending machine at checkout to track item usage.
She also helped introduce the use of a streamlined wound assessment process that provides accurate wound measurements and image capture.
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