12 May
World Midwife day
Every year, 12 May is celebrated as World Midwife Day or World Nurses Day. World Midwife Day was celebrated on this day to mark the birthday of Florence Nightingale, known as ‘The Lady the Lamp’ World Midwife Day has been celebrated since 1965 by the International Council of Nurses. This day commemorates the great contribution of nurses in the field of human services. Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy. She devoted her life to human service. Nightingale was the first to make the world aware that nursing is an honorable profession. He worked tirelessly to care for the wounded soldiers in the Crimean War of He often walked alone in the British army hospitals in the middle of the night with a lantern in his hand, watching the wounded soldiers. That is why patients named her ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ Forens Nightingale also wrote two valuable books, Notes on Nursing and Notes on Hospitals. Every year on World Midwife Day, this great woman is commemorated.