Sidra launches Daisy Award in Qatar to honour nurses

International Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12 every year.

The award was established by the Daisy Foundation to recognise the heroic work nurses perform each day. The foundation was set up in the US by the family of J Patrick Barnes, who died in 1999 from an auto-immune disease.

Daisy is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.

The care Barnes and his family received from nurses during his hospitalisation inspired a unique means of thanking nurses who have gone above and beyond their daily routine to ensure patients receive exceptional care.

The award launched by Sidra will recognise nurses at Sidra who are providing extraordinary care for the future of patients. “Nursing is the heart of healthcare and we are proud to join over 1,700 organisations worldwide honouring our nurses with the Daisy Award,” said Dr Mary Boyd, Sidra’s chief nursing officer. Taking part in the event, Dr Ziyad Hijazi, Sidra’s clinical chief of paediatrics, said he’s excited to see the recognition nursing has received as a vital part of healthcare worldwide in the past decade. “At Sidra, nurses will play an active part in our inter-professional patient care teams, bringing compassion and expertise to the bedside.”