Hyderabad, May 13 -- Telangana Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha on Tuesday, May 12, distributed appointment letters to 1,919 nursing officers freshly recruited in the department.

The programmer was held on Tuesday evening at Osmania Medical College in Koti, following the International Nurses Day celebrations organised at Niloufer Hospital.

"It is a matter of great happiness that the appointment letters are being distributed on International Nurses Day," the minister said, adding that the day would remain memorable all their lives.

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