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The President of India recently conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2025 to exemplary nursing professionals in a formal ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

About the National Florence Nightingale Awards

• Established: 1973
• Administered by: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
• Purpose: To honour exceptional contributions of nursing personnel across India in recognition of their meritorious service to society.

The award is open to nurses working in government, private, and voluntary healthcare settings, including hospitals, community health centres, educational institutions, and administrative roles.

Award Components

• Certificate of Merit
• Cash Prize: ?1,00,000
• Medal of Honour

About Florence Nightingale

• Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) was a pioneering English nurse, social reformer, and statistician, widely considered the founder of modern nursing.
• She gained recognition during the Crimean War for organizing the care of wounded soldiers in Constantinople (now Istanbul).

She also revolutionized nursing education by establishing the Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, the first institution based on scientific nursing principles.