Nurses: Telangana Nurses Demand Shift from Traditional Sarees to Modern Scrub Suits for Improved Efficiency | Hyderabad News

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Nurses Association has formally requested a change in the nursing uniform for state-run hospitals through a letter addressed to the state health secretary.
Currently, nurses at facilities such as Gandhi Hospital, Osmania General Hospital, and various other tertiary and district-level hospitals are required to wear white sarees or salwar kurtas.
In their letter, the association has highlighted the need for a uniform that aligns better with modern healthcare demands. “We kindly request a meeting to discuss the possibility of upgrading the current dress code for nursing officers. With the evolving work patterns, increased patient flow, and the complex processes involved from admission to discharge, it is essential that nursing officers are provided with more comfortable and practical uniforms that exclude caps,” the letter states. The association pointed out that there is no scientific basis for the use of caps and proposed grey or ash-coloured scrubs for both male and female nurses to simplify their daily duties.
While some centrally administered hospitals, including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), have already adopted color-coded scrubs to differentiate between levels of nursing staff, state-run hospitals continue to adhere to the traditional dress code. Nurses argue that transitioning to scrubs would not only enhance work efficiency but also ease the upkeep of uniforms.