NHS heroes fighting coronavirus should receive a medal named after Florence Nightingale – according to the boss of a museum dedicated to the “Lady with the Lamp”.
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the woman considered the founder of modern nursing. Politicians backing the Mirror's campaign to Give NHS Heroes a Medal have called for a gong to be called the Nightingale Medal.
Today, the director of the Florence Nightingale Museum – dedicated to her work pioneering modern nursing and chronicling her time at Scutari Hospital in Turkey during the Crimean War – throws his support behind the drive.
Davey Green told the Mirror calling an award the Nightingale Medal “would be absolutely awesome”. “We would be thrilled if her name
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