Today, 12th May is the International Nurses Day, which is observed on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing and the icon of nurses all over the world. This year, it is also her 200th birth anniversary. The day started being observed since 1974, in her honour.
World Health Organisation (WHO) has selected the theme for International Nurses Day this year as “Nursing the World to Health”.
The day gets more importance this year which comes in during the pandemic of Covid – 19, in which more than three lakh valuable lives have been lost already and more than 40 lakhs are under found positive for it. The entire world is in grip of corona virus and the countries are battling against its spread.
On this day we thank nurses all over the world, the angels who care for the ill and give solace to them!