Nurses talk of triumph and challenges that define profession as nurses’ week ends

A nurse demonstrates how to receive patients suspected to have Covid-19 . [Gideon Maundu/Standard]

If it was not for coronavirus and travel restrictions, David Makumi would have gone to the UK last month to receive one of the most coveted distinctions in the nursing profession.

He was the only African who made it to the list of nurses being recognised by the International Society of Nurses in Cancer care for helping in reducing cancer burden.