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Top 10 Finalist Nurses Announced for Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2023
Worth US $250,000

·      Selected from over 52,000 registrations across 202 countries, out
of these 10 finalists, one nurse will win the grand title award and $250,000

·      Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2023 will be held on
International Nurses Day (12(th) May 2023), at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre
in London (https://pr.report/TxfuvkYz)

·      Nurses from England, Kenya, UAE, Ireland, Panama, Singapore,
Philippines, India, Portugal and Tanzania are in the running

·      The 10 finalists will now undergo a public voting process
starting from next week, followed by final evaluation by the Grand Jury.

LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / April 4, 2023 / Aster Guardians Global Nursing
Award - an award instituted to recognize inspirational work done by nurses
from around the world, has announced its top 10 finalists hailing from across
the world. These nurses have been selected from over 52,000 nurses who
registered for the award from over 202 countries, through a stringent review
process run by our Process Advisors, Ernst & Young LLP, a Screening-Jury,
and the Grand Jury.

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The top 10 finalists, who will now undergo further evaluation through a public
voting process and final evaluation by the Grand Jury, are: (in alphabetical
order)

1.Cathy Cribben-Pearse, OakTree Mentoring, United Arab Emirates - With a
career spanning over 20 years, Cathy has worked as a nursing leader in NHS
London and most recently served as the Director of Nursing at one of the
leading hospitals in UAE (Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi).With her firsthand
experience, she identified a need gap for nurses and midwives to find
supportive counsel during difficult times like the pandemic, mentorship to
support career growth and guidance to manage adverse situations. As a
certified coach, she started offering her service pro-bono, mentoring online
via zoom and soon she had nurses from around the world seeking her help. She
gave up her full-time job to start OakTree Mentoring as an effort to build a
global mentoring programme bringing onboard 200 nurses and midwives from
various countries, and within six months it was accredited by EMCC Global.
They also signed a collaboration with Art of Mentoring in Australia. She and
her team of mentors regularly speak to children in schools to inspire and
encourage a career in nursing.

2. Christine Mawia Sammy, Kitui County Referral Hospital, Kenya - With 27
years of experience, Christine exemplifies the dedication that neonatal nurses
put forth to help improve survival of newborns. She established the first ever
newborn unit in Kitui county in 2010 by transforming a single nursery room
into an independent newborn unit at the hospital. By so doing, the neonatal
mortality dropped drastically from above 50% to below 10% within a span of one
year. During her role as a newborn health support supervisor in several health
facilities, she noticed that most of the neonatal deaths were mostly due to
birth asphyxia. In a bid to address the gap and promote newborn survival,
Christine worked closely with decision makers and partners who supported her
initiatives, despite facing many cultural and religious barriers. She
coordinated newborn resuscitation mentorship across her County by moving from
one Sub - County to the other in all the eight Sub - Counties of Kitui. These
initiatives saw the infant mortality considerably drop in Kitui. In 2021, she
was awarded by HE Margaret Kenyatta for Nurse-led Initiative of the Year and
in 2022 she was honoured by the President of Kenya as a Trailblazer in
Reproductive Health.

3.Gloria Itzel Ceballo Batista, Hospital del Niño Dr. José Renán Esquivel,
Panama - Gloria was deeply focused in the field of nursing education right
from her college days. While she was completing her master's degree, Gloria
developed an educational program for nurses in the bone marrow transplant
unit. Years later, this program has also been brought to force at her hospital
- Hospital del Nino Doctor Jose Renan Esquivel. Currently, she runs a training
programme at the hospital for nurses. With over 25 years of experience, she is
also a member of several international organizations, such as the Paediatric
Hematology Association of Central America, AHOPCA. Her work with the Global
Alliance of St. Jude, Memphis, USA, contributed to cancer patient safety and
longevity. She also works with WHO to help develop care guidelines at the
national level.

4.Jincy Jerry, The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Ireland
- Currently serving as the Assistant Director of Nursing for Infection
Prevention and Control, Jincy believes that innovation is a way to increase
quality and patient safety and has developed digital, device and service
innovations. The challenges faced by Ireland's healthcare infrastructure
during the Covid-19 pandemic pushed her to learn and implement these solutions
to fulfil repetitive, high-volume tasks. These solutions contributed to
enhanced coordination, better workforce management, systematic practices, and
a lower burnout rate among the staff. To cut down on the potential for human
error while collating results from laboratories, she also designed an
appropriate software solution. Jincy is the recipient of the Prix Hubert Tuor
Innovation Academy Award in 2021.

5. Lilian Yew Siew Mee, Raffles Hospital PTE LTD, Singapore - With a passion
for wanting to care for others, Lilian embarked on a career of nursing.
Currently serving as the Chief Nurse she has led a multi-pronged approach to
establishing high standards of service. She improved and optimised the nursing
skills mix and worked with her organization, Raffles Hospital to support the
expansion of clinical services. Her leadership has provided the direction and
framework for the hospital to achieve the highest professional standards and
quality goals. She has personally been involved in helping the Hospital renew
its accreditations, increase bed strength, and support public hospitals by
taking on more acute cases. During the onset of Covid-19, Lilian activated a
few nursing leaders and nurses to help set up 14 vaccination centres to stand
aligned with the National Vaccination Program in 2020-2021. She also deployed
a few nursing leaders to set up Covid-19 Treatment Facilities (CTF). Since
2020, Lilian has been one of the Board members of the Singapore Nursing
Association (SNA).

6. Margaret Helen Shepherd, Royal Devon University Healthcare, England
- Margaret has been dedicated to making the world diabetes-free through
better diagnosis. She is the leading nurse for monogenic diabetes in the UK
and provides advice to clinicians across the world regarding the management of
this condition. She set up a national network of genetic diabetes nurses in
2002 to increase awareness of this condition.She was one of 70 national
NIHR70@70 Senior Nurse Research Leaders (driving innovation and new roles to
increase research awareness and engagement within clinical care) andhas
received the prestigious Florence Nightingale Foundation Leadership
Scholarship.

7.Michael Joseph Dino, Our Lady of Fatima University, Philippines - He
currently serves as the Director for Research Development and Innovation
Center at Our Lady of Fatima University in Valenzuela City, Philippines. As a
researcher and development scientist, he has published numerous research
papers in peer-reviewed journals on leadership, management, nursing, humanoid
robots and constructive integration of technology in teaching & learning.
His telehealth programme for seniors improved health literacy among older
adults in 2012 and his Breastfeeding and Breastmilk Banking (CRIB3) project
improved care and restoration of infants.As the President of the PhiGamma
Chapter of Sigma Nursing, he deployed a 3-tier project that would lead up to
the global initiative to support, promote, and protect breastfeeding. During
the COVID-19 pandemic, his multimedia project on #VaccineEquity (with support
from the International Council of Nurses) was deployed in various regions and
countries. He is the recipient of numerous awards and global recognitions,
such as 'Gawad Vicente M. Santos Awardee' for Leadership in 2019and 'Emerging
Nurse Researcher Honoree' of Sigma's 30th Nursing Research Congress 2019.

8. Shanti Teresa Lakra, G.B. Pant Hospital-Port Blair, India - Working
amongst Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in the Andaman &
Nicobar Islands of Indian, Shanti is deeply committed to serving the people
there and ensuring that adverse health conditions should not lead to their
extinction. A&N Islands are the home to six Scheduled Tribes and of these
six tribes, five have been classified as PVTGs. In her early nursing days, she
was posted to the sub-centre, Dugong Creek where one of the Primitive tribes
Ongees are settled in remotest area of Dugong Creek, Little Andaman. The
tribals are not well-informed about medical procedures and there is a language
barrier when they visit medical institutions. They also have unclear medical
histories. Shanti spent time at their settlement so that she could make them
comfortable. In 2004 when the Indian Ocean tsunami swallowed the Ongee Island
habitat and drove them deep into the jungle, Shanti was perseverant and made
her home with them and lived in an open tent. She has received several awards
such as the National Florence Nightingale Award in 2010, Indian Red Cross
Society Best Volunteer, and Best Health Worker Award in 2011. The Government
of India honored Shanti Lakra in 2011 with the fourth highest civilian award
of Padma Shri for her incredible service.

9. Teresa Fraga, Associação Nomeiodonada IPSS, Portugal - As a neonatal
nurse, Teresa Fraga noticed that children with chronic illnesses did not have
a support system. She decided to act and established KASTELO - a palliative
care unit in Portugal for children with chronic illnesses. Her goal is to
provide quality care with innovation, arranging strategies to promote the
quality of life of these children. The centre provides them opportunities for
cognitive development with various leisure, sensory, and musical activities.
Making palliative care for children a community effort, she uses adapted
theater, animation groups for children's birthday parties, and hippotherapy.
Teresa's efforts for KASTELO got her a recognition award from the European
Union.

10. Wilson Fungameza Gwessa, Muhimbili National Hospital-Mloganzila,
Tanzania - With just 5 years of experience in nursing, Wilson has made a mark
with his extraordinary contribution in curbing neonatal deaths. Initially
working at Muhimbili National Hospital-Mloganzila in the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit (NICU), Wilson observed that many newborn babies were dying. At that
time, the hospital didn't have any respiratory support machines (neither a
CPAP machine nor a ventilator machine), so normal oxygen therapy was given as
an alternative. This is when Wilson invested and introduced the Improvised
Bubble CPAP Device in the hospital which significantly reduced the neonatal
deaths from respiratory problems. Wilson has also written a book titled
'Nursing Diagnosis for Academic and Clinical Practice'.

To know more about the top 10 finalists, please
visit: https://www.asterguardians.com/ (https://pr.report/29UWnvtz)

Speaking on this, Dr. Azad Moopen, Founder Chairman and Managing Director of
Aster DM Healthcare said, "Millions of nurses across the world are working
hard every single day to serve their patients and form the core of the
healthcare eco-system. Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award is our way of
acknowledging their dedication and recognizing their work. This year, with
more than 50,000 nurses vying for the coveted award, it has been a hard task
for the eminent Jury members to shortlist the top 10 outstanding nurses. Each
of the finalists have a remarkable trajectory and have made significant
contribution to the field of nursing. We wish each of them all the very best."

He also added, "With more than 8000 nurses working across Aster DM
Healthcare's facilities across 7 countries, we have witnessed the commitment
and efforts put in by nurses very closely. This is the least we can do to
shine a spotlight on the work being done by the nursing community globally."

While one winner will be awarded the grand prize of USD 250,000, the other
nine finalists will also be recognised. The final round will consist of public
voting for each of the nurses starting from next week and in-person interview
with the Grand Jury members consisting of: Mr. Howard Catton - Chief Executive
Officer, International Council of Nurses, Switzerland; Prof. Sheila Tlou -
Co-Chairperson, Global HIV Prevention Coalition and Ex - Minister of Health
& Member of Parliament - Govt. of Botswana; Prof. James Buchan - Adjunct
Professor, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing; Dr. J Carolyn Gomes,
Vice-Chair of the Strategy Committee - The Global Fund Board and Board Member
of The Developing Country NGO Delegation to the GF Board; Dr. Peter Carter, an
OBE awardee, an independent healthcare consultant and former CEO of the Royal
College of Nursing; and Dr. Niti Pall -Senior Digital Advisor for AXA (EC),
Board Chair of Harbr and Managing Director of Health4all advisory.

The final winner would be announced at a gala event at Queen Elizabeth II
Centre in London, UK on 12th May 2023 - International Nurses Day.

ENDS

About Aster DM Healthcare

Aster DM Healthcare Limited is one of the largest private healthcare service
providers operating in GCC and in India. With an inherent emphasis on clinical
excellence, we are one of the few entities in the world with a strong presence
across primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary healthcare through our 30
hospitals, 125 clinics, 496* pharmacies, 20 labs and 157 patient experience
centers in seven countries, including India. We have over 29,108 plus
dedicated staff including 3,820 doctors and 8,299 nurses across the
geographies that we are present in, delivering a simple yet strong promise to
our different stakeholders: "We'll treat you well." We reach out to all
economic segments in the GCC states through our differentiated healthcare
services across the "Aster", "Medcare" and "Access" brands.

* Including 239 Pharmacies in India operated by Alfaone Retail Pharmacies
Private Limited under brand license from Aster.

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