Health Ministry invites nominations for Florence Nightingale Nurses Award 2018
New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released a notification inviting the nominations for National Florence Nightingale Nurses Award for the year of 2018.
The National Florence Nightingale Nurses Award are given as a mark of recognition for the meritorious services rendered by the nurses and nursing professionals in the country.
This award is presented on 12th of May every year by Hon'ble President of India as 12th May is celebrated all over the world as " International Nurses Day" on the occasion of birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. The next award ceremony will be held on 12th May 2018.
In the above connection, the Health Ministry has informed that the work relating to organizing the National Florence Nightingale awards 2018 has now been transferred by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Nursing Section) to Indian Nursing Council and as such all correspondence in this regard is to be addressed now to Indian Nursing Council. Further, the nomination for the Award will be scrutinized by a Committee headed by lion'ble Justice Shri Gopala Gowda, former Justice of Supreme Court of India.
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