I Am A Male Nurse

When patient Choo Seng Keong pressed the emergency call bell, at a room in a ward of a public hospital here, he expected a woman clad in a nurse's uniform to appear.

Was he wrong as a young man dressed in light green shirt and dark pants walked briskly into the room and said: "Can I help you, sir?"

"I called for the nurse," said the puzzled elderly gentleman who was admitted to the hospital for treatment of stomach ulcers.

"I am a nurse sir... a male nurse," replied the young man, smiling.

In the past few years, more young men particularly the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) school leavers, have opted for the nursing career.