As a nurse, Shishupal Sharma compassionately and carefully alleviates the pains of the patients, especially cancer patients. He is also providing them and their families with psychological support.

Shishupal Sharma is a staff nurse in Maharana Bhopal Hospital, Udaipur. He did a Nursing course from Karuna Institute of Nursing, Hanumangarh, and a specialization in Pain & Palliative Care from AIIMS, New Delhi. Currently, Shishupal is working in the Cancer Ward, where his duties are chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and palliative care. During covid, he worked in the covid care units, and now he also works in the vaccination booths.

Shishupal believes that only by hard work, dreams can be achieved. He had to face a lot of hardships once he entered the practical realm of medicine. According to him, handling patients, doing chemotherapy, dealing with patients’ queries, and providing support to the families of patients are forms of hard work.

Shishupal’s role model is Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar, the Professor & Head of the Department of Onco-Anesthesia, Pain, and Palliative care at AIIMS, New Delhi. He admires her for her punctuality, energy, charisma, and her principles of care and honesty with the patients.

During covid, Shishupal experienced lots of struggle. He couldn’t go home for almost six months. His family was concerned, but work was foremost for him. Professionally, it was extremely challenging. Handling covid patients, wearing the PPE kits for more than six hours, providing psychological support to the anxiety-driven patients, etc. was tough.

Shishupal feels that one who wants to serve the people should join the field of nursing, as it’s the best way to do that. He says that reducing the patient’s pain gives him the best feeling. So, anyone who wants to become a nurse should do the GNM course and an internship.

Shishupal worked tirelessly during the covid outburst and saved many lives. He considers this as his biggest achievement to date.

If given a chance, Shishupal would like to relive the innocent childhood days, when he used to swim and bathe in river streams, group study with his cousins, and enjoy the carefree fun with friends. He hangs out with his friends and plays cricket whenever he is free.

Shishupal believes that due to technological advancements and research on various diseases, the medical field will improve manifold, thus creating new courses and opportunities.

Lastly, he advises the youth to maintain a healthy lifestyle, eat good food, and exercise daily. Furthermore, he advises everyone to follow all covid protocols until the world gets covid-free.