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Serving on the WARDS

The past two years have shone a light on the dedication and commitment of nurses, and the hard work they put in on a daily basis. This week marks International Nurses’ Day – celebrated on the same day as Florence Nightingale’s birthday, 12 May – and while, today, we see both women and men nurses, from all walks of life, it wasn’t always that way.

‘Girls served as nurses, to help, assist and care’

Only a few decades ago, being a nurse was a calling considered solely for women, and for Suz Evasdaughter, now 70,

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