The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards to 36 awardees at a ceremony in Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on December 5, 2019.
While the award to Late Smt. Lini Sajeesh from Kozhikode, Kerala was conferred posthumously and received by her husband Shri Sajeesh, 35 other awardees [Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs), Lady Health Visitors (LHVs), and nurses] from different States and UTs were present to receive the award from the President of India.
The president said that it is as an acknowledgement of their ( Nurses) immense role in the society and healthcare system that WHO has dedicated 2020 as the ‘Year of Nurses and Midwives’, the President stated. The year 2020 is also the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, after whom the awards have been named.
About Florence Nightingale award
Florence Nightingale awards were instituted in the year 1973 by the Government as a mark of recognition for the meritorious services rendered by nurses to the society.
