Finding joy in caring for the sick

1 Lai (in maroon shirt) joining Cheah (third right) and other nurses in a cake-cuttingceremony during the Nurses’ Day Charity Buffet Lunch at Pantai Hospital Penang in Bayan Baru.2 Staff members of Pantai Hospital Penang posing for the camera during the event.

FOR Cheah Lew Kin, one of the biggest rewards of being a nurse is seeing her patients recover.

The 61-year-old director of nursing at Pantai Hospital Penang said the most common challenge nurses face is helping the sick on their road to recovery.