Two nurses from Belarus awarded Florence Nightingale Medal
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MINSK, 12 May (BelTA) - Two nurses of the Belarusian Red Cross Society have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal today, on the International Nurses Day, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Red Cross Society.
Twenty-five outstanding nurses from 18 countries have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, which recognizes exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster. It also recognizes exemplary service or a pioneering spirit in the areas of public health or nursing education.
The service s chief nurse Liudmila Buzel has been awarded the medal for her contribution to the development of the medical and social service Dapamoga of the Red Cross Society of Belarus.
May 12, 2021, 18:49 IST
2021 is International Nurses Day, a day dedicated to the healthcare professionals, who are assisting us in Covid.
Florence Nightingale, the founding mother of modern nursing, was born on May 12.
Every year on May 12, International Nurses Day is observed to honor the work of healthcare workers, particularly nurses. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) first commemorated the day in 1965. Dorothy Sunderland, a US health, education, and welfare department official, suggested to President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 that a Nurses Day be declared, but he declined.
The date of May 12th was chosen to commemorate the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of modern nursing, in 1974.
International Nurses Day, 12 May 2020, was celebrated exclusively online through social media and web platforms, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This date is significant because it is also the 200-year anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, who has been dubbed as the ‘mother of modern nursing’ and ‘the lady with the lamp.’
The celebrations also honoured the work of nurses in every country affected by the virus across the globe, without whom many nations would have been completely overwhelmed as a result of the crisis.
Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, (yes, her parents named her after her birthplace) in 1820. Her parents returned to England and it was expected as she grew up that she would, as society dictated, simply get married into another wealthy family and raise her own family.
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