Why do most of the hospitals have nurses from kerala?
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Following could be the reasons :-
Nursing, as a profession, would owe its popularity to Missionaries & the Christian faith. With Kerala having a significant Christian population, the popularity of this profession should come as no surprise.Women in Kerala have had more freedom to work than in many other places across the country.Kerala does not have many industries nor creates many jobs. So this factor drives people to all-weather professions like Nursing.Related to the above is the fact that out-migration resulted in the absence of men folk from most households. And some of the women folk had to also work to support families. Nursing provided a good option.A nursing education was the best option - in terms of accessibility & affordability. Engineering & Medical education were very expensive and there barely existed a robust infrastructure (pre-early 2000s).Nursing was also a very uncontroversial profession & has an air of respectability attached to it. You're serving & taking care of people. It's akin to God's work. Thus, considered ideal for women.The lack of jobs factor & with people finding success outside Kerala, resulted in a great advertisement for the profession & more & more people took it up. This led to more and more nursing colleges opening up and a cyclic situation developed.Nursing also proved to be the easiest & one of the most legal ways to go abroad. The earning potential plus the aspirational factor involved in moving abroad thus proved to be a huge magnet.With so many migrants abroad (including nurses) and Kerala becoming a consumer economy, lifestyle & non communicable diseases have become very common. That, along with the empty-nest syndrome, sprung up a demand for home nurses (especially in the last 15 years). This became yet another reason for the increase in demand for home nurses / hospice professionals.Nurses form a sizeable chunk of the Kerala population that contributes huge amounts of remittances into the Indian economy, from within the country and from abroad
Nursing, as a profession, had owed its reputation to Apostles & the Catholic faith. With Kerala having a notable Christian population, the prevalence of this profession is associated with the nurses from Kerala who also worked in different states for the cause of humanity and also considered nursing as a noble profession.
Moreover, Kerala does not have many entrepreneurs nor produces many jobs due to lack of industries or MNCs. So this circumstance encourages people to work for full time employment and they mostly opt for professions like Nursing.